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Norma Reveler
Internet still ‘too new’ for regulation: Rogers
If a car ties up a whole lane on a busy highway for an entire day, it will create a problem for the other cars. That is exactly what bandwidth-hungry peer-to-peer files do, so the traffic must be managed.
Trogi to open WFF
The world premiere of Ricardo Trogi’s 1981 will open the Montreal World Film Festival on Aug. 27. The autobiographical movie chronicles the Trogi family arriving in a new home in a Quebec City community. Ricardo, the sixth-grader of the family, promises all his more affluent classmates Playboy magazines to gain acceptance.
CRTC re-opens door for fee-for-carriage, wants more for local television
Canada’s broadcast regulator has opened the doors to fee-for-carriage, increased the size of a yet-to-launch local TV fund, and harmonized the amount of local programming the English-language networks have to broadcast.
Cable and satellite talking tough
Bell TV indicated it will increase the price of its TV packages as early as September, while Rogers Communications predicted that Canadians will pay between $50 million and $100 million more per year for conventional TV signals as fallout continued in light of the CRTC’s change of heart on fee-for-carriage.
Trogi to open WFF
Montreal fest to bow with world premiere of autobiographical 1981
Internet still ‘too new’ for regulation: Rogers
Traffic throttling is necessary, rules would hamper innovation and growth, cablecos tell CRTC
CRTC must ‘keep the road open’
Internet providers should stop playing favorites, say producers and actors, amid warnings of a chill on digital distribution
Cable and satellite still talking tough
Sabres continue to rattle and prices set to climb at Rogers, Bell and Cogeco following CRTC ruling
Door open on fee-for-carriage
Hearing set for fall to establish ‘fair market value’ for signals. CTVgm says move might save Windsor station. Local programming fund increased
Clement vows to revisit copyright
Industry Minister Tony Clement has vowed to table new copyright legislation this fall as part of Canada’s efforts to lead the global digital economy. Clement said he and Heritage Minister James Moore will be spending the summer consulting Canadians on copyright in ‘cities, towns, and pastures near you’ in preparation.
Lebeau takes festival prize
Jutra alum will receive Montreal fete’s highest honor amid debut of his latest, Un Cargo pour l’Afrique
Heritage re-ups art funding
Moore hands out $504 million — but makes scant mention of film or television
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