by Monica Auer | Sep 23, 2021 | Research
The Forum submitted its intervention concerning Rogers’ application to acquire Shaw’s broadcasting services on 13 September 2021. Briefly, the Forum opposes approval of this application due to the likely negative effects it will have on BDU subscribers and...
by Monica Auer | Apr 21, 2021 | Research
OTTAWA (21 April 2021) – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) today filed a Part 1 Application with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to protect consumer and...
by Monica Auer | Mar 29, 2021 | Research
The Forum submitted comments on the CRTC’s latest commercial radio review, the 20th it is has undertaken since 1968. Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2020-374 is (at the moment) a two-part proceeding, with comments in Phase 1 (29 March 2021) and replies...
by Monica Auer | Mar 1, 2021 | Research
The Forum filed its final submissions in the CRTC’s proceeding to renew CBC’s ‘linear’ (radio and television) licences, and to consider CBC’s request that the Commission continue to exempt its digital programming and non-programming...
by Monica Auer | Feb 26, 2021 | Research
The CRTC regulates the approximately 720 commercial radio stations operating in Canada, under the 1991 Broadcasting Act. Since 1991 the CRTC has reviewed its policy for commercial radio seven times (compared to zero reviews of its policy for Indigenous broadcasting...
by Monica Auer | Dec 11, 2020 | Research
The Forum has published a list of the various steps and documents associated with this proceeding.
