On 27 April 2023 – 2 years, 4 months and just over 2 weeks ago – the Online Streaming Act or Bill C-11 received Royal… Read More »New approach to supporting public-interest participation at the CRTC?
The CRTC’s performance, 1969-2025: Analysis and recommendations is an in-depth report that describes the CRTC’s operations (staffing and expenditures). It also uses information from the… Read More »FRPC publishes study on CRTC
On June 25, 2024 the CRTC called for comments about the “development of a regulatory policy for closed captioning provided by online streaming undertakings” (Broadcasting… Read More »Closed-captioning complaints and the CRTC
In 2023 Canadians experienced the nation’s most destructive wildfire season ever, touching all parts of Canada and ‘consuming’ 16.5 million hectares of land, from coast… Read More »FRPC asks CRTC to review its 10-year old approach to emergency messages*
Six public- and consumer-interest organizations have asked the CRTC to stabilize funding for the Broadcasting Participation Fund-Le fonds de participation à la radiodiffusion that announced… Read More »Six public- and consumer-interest organizations ask CRTC to stabilize the BPF-FPR – the only fund supporting their participation in CRTC broadcasting proceedings
Six public- and consumer-interest organizations have asked the CRTC to stabilize funding for the Broadcasting Participation Fund-Le fonds de participation à la radiodiffusion that announced… Read More »CRTC asked to stabilize only fund that supports participation in its broadcast proceedings
In January 2022 four of Canada’s major distributors of programming services – Bell Canada, Bragg (aka Eastlink), Cogeco and Sasktel – asked the CRTC for… Read More »FRPC sets out concerns about quality of evidence purporting to justify increase in price charged for cable and satellite “basic service”
On 2 February 2023 the Senate completed third reading of Bill C-11-3, the Online Streaming Act, and adopted the report of the Senate’s Committee on… Read More »Bill C-11 returns to the House of Commons
On 28 November 2022 FRPC intervened in BNoC 2022-267, to oppose a) an application filed in January 2022 by four of Canada’s major distributors, to… Read More »FRPC opposes CRTC proposal to raise price of cable/satellite TV service
During the appearance on 16 November 2022 of the CRTC before the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications regarding Bill C-11, the Online Streaming… Read More »Open Letter to CRTC Chair Ian Scott