The CRTC has launched an online consultation in advance of next month’s hearing on wholesale Internet services. The consult poses four main questions and invites the public to respond by June 24th.
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CRTC Launches Consultation on Over-the-Top Video Providers
The CRTC has launched a “fact-finding exercise” on over-the-top video providers such as Netflix. The Commission is focused on their impact on Canadian broadcasting system. Comments are due by June 27, 2011.
Why Canadian Cable Companies and Telecoms Are in Trouble
Sean Michael provides an interesting outsider take on the state of Canadian cable and telecom companies, arguing that they have enjoyed legislative protections that have “allowed them to enjoy inflated margins as members of a cozy oligopoly.”
The Digital Challenge: 1500 Days to Universal, Competitive Broadband in Canada
The CRTC issued its universal service decision this week, which included analysis of funding mechanisms for broadband access, broadband speed targets, and whether there should be a requirement to provide broadband access as part of any basic service objective. Consumers groups and many observers were left disappointed. The CRTC declined […]
CRTC Chair Calls on Broadcasters to Lobby For Legislative Reform
CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein gave a speech to the Canadian broadcasting community yesterday in which he urged broadcasters and broadcast distributors to speak with one voice for legislative reform. Von Finckenstein presented his vision of a single communications statute (rather than separate Telecom Act and Broadcasting Act) that could […]
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