SCN proposal seeks to spend less on local shows
The proposed owner of Saskatchewan’s independent broadcaster SCN is looking for permission to spend less on locally made programs, something the provincial NDP isn’t happy about.
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Globe: All evidence points to Canada’s increasing digital deficit
By Tavia Grant for the Globe and Mail Canadian businesses and governments are lagging several western nations in the “Internet economy” and are being warned that they risk falling even…
Bell’s Bid to Swallow Astral Media by Dwayne Winseck
Blogger says that if the CRTC approves Bell’s acquisition of Astral, Canada will have lost yet another independent and our position as having one of the most concentrated set of…
BCE acquisition of Astral raises concerns
FRIENDS says BCE Inc.’s bid to purchase Astral Media, the largest media merger in Canadian history, raises concerns about market domination.
BCE to pay $3.38 billion for Astral Media 56 mins ago by Etan Vlessing
Columnist says that phone giant BCE has agreed to pay $3.38 billion for Astral Media to strengthen the telecom group’s content presence in Quebec against rival Quebecor Media.
Bell empire to expand
Bell Canada has agreed to buy Montreal-based Astral Media for $3.38 billion, adding a number of cable and specialty TV channels and nearly 100 radio stations to its media empire.
Big Telecom gets bigger: Bell announces its purchase of Astral Media
Today Bell announced that it’s getting bigger; it will soon be in control of Astral Media, and the cellphone, Internet, land-line services, radio stations, and television holdings that come with…
Wind Mobile to boycott wireless spectrum auction
Columnist says Wind Mobile will likely boycott an upcoming auction of wireless spectrum because the rules do not give smaller players enough bandwidth to build the most advanced network.
Postmedia: The decision on the cell phone squeeze has come
It looks like Canadians—especially those who added their names to the petition at http://StopTheSqueeze.ca/ or sent our report to their MP—have had an effect in forcing the Big Three to…
Total Telecom: Throttling Rampant in Europe
While the CRTC has recently reprimanded Rogers for continuing to implement the discriminatory use of P2P throttling, the pro-internet community in Europe is calling for tough action from regulators to…
CBC royalties under review as music site sparks debate by Chantal Mack
CBC’s popular new music-streaming website is stirring debate over what royalties artists should receive, as SOCAN reviews just how much the national broadcaster should be paying.
Local vinyl shop snaps up priceless CBC collection by Mike Bell
Record store The Inner Sleeve has announced that it has purchsed CBC’s massive local collection of vinyl and compact discs, which the broadcaster had announced earlier in the year it…
Canada’s chance to bring copyright law into the digital age by Ysolde Gendreau
Columnist says that just as the Copyright Act is being revised by Parliament, providers of all kinds of communication devices and services – Internet services, smartphones, iPods and the like…
Geist: Proposed changes to Copyright Bill C-11 by party
By Michael Geist The Bill C-11 committee has just opened the clause-by-clause review of the copyright bill with 39 amendments on the table: 8 from the goverment, 17 from the…
ITBusiness: Canadian Music Publishers Association pushes for SOPA-like provisions
From ITBusiness: The Canadian Music Publishers Association wants provisions akin to the United States’ Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) included in Canada’s proposed copyright act Bill C-11, according to an…
Coyne: Where did conservatism go? by Andrew Coyne
Columnist says that the governments lack of intention to reform crown corporations, such as the CBC, begs the question “Where has conservatism gone?”.
Reimagine CBC: Canadians come together to think big in troubled times by Tyler Morgenstern
Spokesperson says the thoughtful engagement in the early days of the “Reimagine CBC” campaign is a powerful rebuttal against those who would claim that the CBC is no longer relevant;…
Angry NHL clubs ganging up on Don Cherry and HNIC by Bruce Dowbiggin
Sources say CBC’s vice-president of English services, Kirstine Stewart, and Jeffrey Orridge, executive director of sports properties, were blindsided by the vitriol they encountered after making a pitch to keep…