by Monica Auer | Mar 2, 2023 | Research
In January 2022 four of Canada’s major distributors of programming services – Bell Canada, Bragg (aka Eastlink), Cogeco and Sasktel – asked the CRTC for permission to raise the the monthly rate they charge their subscribers by $3/month and by inflation...
by Monica Auer | Feb 9, 2023 | Research
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 Transport and Communications (TRCM). The TRCM Committee passed a number of amendments to C-11-3, which the House...
by Monica Auer | Dec 1, 2022 | Research
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 raise their rates by $3/month and by inflation each year afterwards b) the proposals in BNoC 2022-267 about the...
by Monica Auer | Nov 18, 2022 | Research
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 Act, the Chair was asked about concerns expressed by witnesses, including FRPC, about the CRTC’s...
by Monica Auer | Nov 15, 2022 | Research
The Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications (TRCM) will apparently be hearing its last witnesses on 16 November 2022 – including representatives of the CRTC at its last meeting before it moves to writing the report it will submit to the Senate...
by Monica Auer | Sep 29, 2022 | Research
On 28 September 2022 the CRTC invited public comment on an application submitted by four cable distribution companies about the rate they are allowed to charge for their ‘basic’ cable package. Somewhat unusually the notice of consultation did not include...
