Jan 28, 2012 — News Article: CBC taking bite out of ... Apple?! by Ezra Levant
Columnist says the CBC is a failure at what it does now, and should not be taking on Apple with a new online music store.
Jan 26, 2012 — News Article: Sun TV attacks don’t faze CBC chief Hubert Lacroix by Greg Quill
CBC president Hubert Lacroix says he doesn’t believe there’s a conspiracy between Sun Media and Conservatives in Ottawa.
Jan 17, 2012 — News Article: Rogers buys SCN; set to launch Citytv channel by Will Chabun
A mere month after announcing a deal to supply programming to Regina-based TV broadcaster SCN, Rogers Communications has unveiled a deal to buy the station for an undisclosed amount.
Jan 17, 2012 — News Article: Rogers Media Acquires Saskatchewan Network SCN by Etan Vlessing
The takeover deal comes a month after the national broadcaster unveiled an earlier, now-abandoned affiliate agreement with the provincial educational broadcaster.
Jan 17, 2012 — News Article: Low-ball bid for Olympic TV rights could leave Canadians in dark
The International Olympic Committee has rejected a joint offer from Bell and CBC to televise the next Winter Games and the 2016 Summer Games, setting up a high-stakes showdown over how those Olympics will be broadcast in Canada.
Jan 13, 2012 — News Article: Users choked up over Internet throttling by Sarah Schmidt
The CRTC says complaints against Internet providers deliberately slowing down online traffic are way up in Canada.
Jan 12, 2012 — News Article: Soft Canadian TV Ad Market Hits Shaw Communications by Etan Vlessing
Columnist says The Shaw Media division, which airs popular series like "Glee," "NCIS" and "House," saw sales revenue fall year-on-year as Canadian advertisers pull back in uncertain times.
Jan 9, 2012 — News Article: 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 other broadcasters and ever if it were, it would run afoul of CRTC regulations.
Jan 5, 2012 — News Article: 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.
Jan 4, 2012 — News Article: 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.
Jan 4, 2012 — News Article: 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.
Dec 18, 2011 — News Article: The Queen of Cable TV by Bill Carter
Columnist says that if cable is king, Bonnie Hammer, chairwoman of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, is cable’s queen and, since the departure of Judy McGrath from Viacom last May, possibly its most important executive.
Dec 17, 2011 — News Article: Hockey team sale changes game in Canada by Brendan Kelly
Columnist says Bell Canada and Rogers Communications' purchase of the Maple Leafs puts the future of hockey on CBC in doubt when its NHL contract ends following the 2013-2014 season.
Dec 13, 2011 — News Article: BCE says CRTC oversteps with sports ruling by Jamie Sturgeon
BCE Inc. said it will challenge a ruling by the CRTC that the telecom giant must quash commercial agreements cut with the NHL and NFL to stream games exclusively to its mobile subscribers.
Dec 13, 2011 — News Article: Astral taking HBO ‘over the top’ to fend off Netflix threat by Susan Krashinsky
For Astral, the HBO Go product is another attempt to fend off “over-the-top” services such as Netflix, and to keep subscribers from switching off their cable or satellite subscriptions.
Nov 28, 2011 — News Article: Quebecor cutting 400 Sun Media jobs: union
Columnist says media conglomerate Quebecor Inc. is eliminating 400 jobs from its Sun Media division, Canada's biggest newspaper publisher with dailies and weeklies across the country.
Nov 22, 2011 — News Article: Quebecor, BCE settle spat over news channel by Susan Krashinsky
Sun News will be offered as part of Bell’s basic satellite and IPTV packages starting in mid-December, beaming the channel to all of Bell’s television subscribers outside of Quebec.
Nov 9, 2011 — News Article: Quebecor's profit dips, but wireless network has its strongest quarterly growth by Iain Marlow
Montreal-based telecom and media conglomerate Quebecor Inc. has suffered a 35 per cent drop in profit in the third quarter on weak broadcasting and newspaper revenues but saw strong subscriber growth with its various telecom services.
Nov 7, 2011 — News Article: Big Revenue Increase for TV, Pay Specialty Channels, Industry Report Shows
Canada's TV broadcasters, specialty and pay channel operators have achieved their largest annual revenue increase in almost a decade.
Nov 7, 2011 — News Article: What recession? Profits, greed and gifting thrive in TV land by John Doyle
Recently the CRTC released figures about commercial Canadian TV stations, showing their operating revenues in broadcasting came to $2.15-billion in 2010 - an increase of 9 per cent from 2009.
