A Conversation with Vicky Eatrides, Chairperson and Chief …
WEBVicky Eatrides. Featured today, in the first extended podcast conversation of her Commission mandate, is Vicky Eatrides, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the CRTC. Coming to the job with an impressive toolkit of practicing regulatory law in the private sector, a raft of undeniably key assignments with the Competition Board of Canada ...
Crave original The Trades, from producers of Trailer Park Boys, to ...
WEBFeb 12, 2024 — Bell Media’s Crave announced Monday its new original comedy series The Trades will premiere on the streaming service March 22, as revealed Sunday night during TSN and CTV’s broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII. Shot in Dartmouth, N.S., and Hamilton, Ont., the eight-part comedy series is a co-production between Trailer Park Boys Inc. and Kontent ...
Rogers generates the most consumer complaints about telecom …
WEBJan 16, 2024 — For the first time in the 15-year history of the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS), Rogers has surpassed Bell in consumer complaints about telecom and TV services, according to the CCTS’s 2022-23 annual report, released Tuesday. Between Aug. 1, 2022, and July 31, 2023, the CCTS accepted a total of 14,617 consumer complaints, representing... Read more »
New study traces history of CBC’s public funding - cartt.ca
WEBOTTAWA — The Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) released Tuesday a comprehensive study looking at the history of public funding granted to the CBC. According to its research, parliamentary funding for CBC’s operations has decreased by 36% since 1985. The FRPC decided in mid-2019 to undertake the research project in ...
Bell Media cuts hit Toronto stations and jobs nationwide (updated)
WEBFeb 4, 2021 — TORONTO – Bell Media’s mass layoff campaign, which began Monday in Montreal, continued Tuesday and Wednesday with layoffs at various Toronto operations, hitting Newstalk 1010 (CFRB), and cuts in other markets across the country. Social media was active with people announcing they had suddenly become free agents, and others wondering who ...
Telus-backed GoCo provides one-stop collaboration solutions for ...
WEBGoCo combines the expertise of bluArc, BroadConnect Canada, Infra-Solutions, Netrium, Radiant and Ubity to provide businesses across Canada with simple, scalable solutions for unified communications, managed connectivity and network security. Backed by Telus, GoCo already serves more than 4,400 businesses, 100,000 …
Telus introduces $35/mo. Mobility for Good plan with 10 GB
WEBJan 16, 2024 — Telus announced Tuesday it has expanded its Mobility for Good program for low-income seniors and youth emerging from foster care with the launch of a new rate plan, offering 10 GB of 5G+ data for $35 per month. “This means youth aging out of care, low-income seniors and government-assisted refugees will …
TPIA: Commission sets old interim wholesale rates as ... - Cartt.ca
WEBMay 27, 2021 — In its decision today on a review and vary filed by the incumbents (after they had appealed to both cabinet and the courts, too) the Commission today said it will make the interim wholesale rates which have been in place since 2016 the new permanent rates, except for a supplementary markup of 10% for incumbent local exchange carriers, which is ...
Canadians can now access fuboTV on Samsung Smart TVs
WEBTORONTO – Sports-first live television streaming platform fuboTV Inc. announced last week it is now available through the fuboTV app on Samsung Smart TVs in Canada. Currently, the app is available on 2017 to 2021 Samsung Smart TV models, with 2022 models expected to be added soon. “Through the …
Terrestar pushes for regulator and industry collaboration on …
WEBJun 18, 2024 — A day after Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) launched a consultation on a proposed new spectrum policy that would open up certain mobile spectrum bands for use by satellite service providers to expand wireless services in unserved areas of Canada, Montreal-based mobile satellite operator Terrestar Solutions is calling on the country’s regulators and industry ...