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Requiem for the regulators
Last week the CRTC, the government body that regulates radio, television and telecommunications in this country, got its hooks into Plenty of Fish, the…
Tag: CRTC
12 posts tagged "CRTC".
Canadian Media
Google schools the CRTC
There’s just so much that I enjoy about Google’s latest submission to the CRTC. I wanted to share their very pointed response to the regulatory body in its…
Canadian Media
Sun TV News approved!
Breaking news this morning! Sun TV News was just approved for category 2 licence. I just received the CRTC approval from my very excited friends over at QMI:
Canadian Politics
Big news day
First, SUN NEWS is coming to Canada and is launching January 1st, 2011. Expect the CRTC to approve the channel to maintain its relevance (cabinet would likely…
Canadian Media
CRTC drops references to egregious abuses by HRCs from final report on broadcasting in new media
The CRTC released a report on June 4th, 2009 titled “Review of broadcasting in new media, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-329.” However, on the CRTC…
Canadian Media
CTV-Globemedia-CHUM
Today the CRTC announced that it has approved the purchase of CHUM by CTV Globemedia, however, it lopped off the five regional Citytv stations in the process.…
Canadian Media
No surprises here
OTTAWA, Nov. 27 /CNW/ – Canadian stars including Wendy Crewson, Sonja Smits, Fiona Reid, and R.H. Thomson spoke out today about the Canadian TV drama crisis…
Digital Politics
NCC article
Gerry Nichols, who heads up the National Citizens Coalition invited me to write an article about freedom/liberty issues and I agreed. What else to write about…
Economy and Budget
Freedom-Government crossroads
I’d like to pose a simple question: “Could the Canadian government censor the Internet?” Now, depending on your political leanings you might respond, “you…