The Cell Phone Squeeze: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
Happy New Year pro-Internet community! Here’s Lindsey with your first update of 2012: read more
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Wanted: new CRTC chairperson
The process to find the new chairperson of the CRTC is officially underway, less than two weeks before outgoing chair Konrad von Finckenstein’s term expires on January 24.
Letter to Supporters: Now they’re after your cell phones
Get ready for price increases, more bureaucratic red tape, and disrespectful customer service. We have reports that the Big Three cell phone giants (who control roughly 94% of the market)…
Mobile Syrup: Big Telecom CEOs among the highest paid
When the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives came out with its report on the 100 highest-paid CEOs in Canada, the pro-Internet community saw some familiar names from Rogers, Bell, and…
Cable TV dispute leaves Buffalo hockey fans in the dark by Chris Zelkovich
Despite the dispute between Time Warner and the MSG Network regarding the broadcast of Buffalo Sabres games, FRIENDS says it’s not in the interest of MLSE to withold signals from…
CRTC Empire strikes back: UBB Redux
The newly formed Online Party of Canada is calling on Canadians to take political action via the Internet by commenting, voting and sharing the many telecomm-related issues on their website.
CBC announces Saskatoon morning radio show
CBC says a new morning show will replace the Morning Edition, which is currently heard throughout the province.
Independent Internet providers challenge CRTC by Jamie Sturgeon
The country’s independent Internet providers are challenging a CRTC ruling that allows large network operators like BCE Inc. to raise rates on smaller providers and their customers.
Rumored Apple iTV Could Be the Real Threat to Netflix by Daisy Whitney
Columnist says a cache of reports has surfaced saying Apple is getting into the TV manufacturing business this year and may introduce an Apple TV set by mid-2012.
New Internet pricing rules spark jump in customer bills by Rita Trichur
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has become the first independent Internet service provider to raise consumer prices following the CRTC’s recent compromise decision on usage-based billing.
Internet Access Is Not a Human Right by Vinton G. Cerf
Columnist says that technology is an enabler of rights, but is not a right itself.
Stop The Cap: Bell raises prices and allows steeper penalties; thinks Canadians won’t care
In 2011 we took big steps toward allowing more competition in the Internet service market, which we know will lead to a more open and affordable Internet, but we’re nowhere…
Globe: The future of wireless competition
The Globe and Mail’s Rita Trichur gives an overview of an issue that will have a huge effect on the cost of wireless Internet in Canada, and the shape of…
How the badly maimed BBC can stand up to parasitic Sky
Columnist says the BBC accounts for much of Britain’s success in the creative industries, a prime example of national investment yielding rich returns.
Downsized, decentralized CBC remains key goal for Tories: Heritage Minister James Moore by Randy Boswell
Columnist says that while insisting the CBC is a crucial instrument for national unity and the promotion of artistic talent in Canada, Heritage Minister James Moore has pointedly allowed the…
Impact of cuts on the CBC
Further cuts by the government to our national public broadcaster would make it impossible for the CBC to effectively fulfill its mandate.
New Rules for the Ways We Watch
Columnist says cable has had a great year, and media giants like Time Warner and News Corporation continue to find plenty of profits.
Soaring cost of sports rights squeezing CBC on to sidelines by Susan Krashinsky
Columnist says the CBC is struggling to remain a contender for televised sports events at a time when those rights are commanding stratospheric fees
Towards openness: Weekly Updates from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Reilly with your weekly update: read more