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BCE Makes Bid to Buy CTV
BCE Inc. has made a bid to buy CTV Inc. for $1.3B. The deal, if approved by the CRTC, will give control of The Globe and Mail to the Thomson family (who will hold an 85% stake in the newspaper through...
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‘Fox News North’: Tempest at a Tea Party?
Quebecor Inc’s announcement for plans to launch a 24-hour news channel called Sun TV News, aimed at Canadian conservative viewers, set off a fierce debate in the Canadian mediascape, with the plot...
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Update on Fox News North/Sun TV News application
Tim Naumetz, Sun TV’s application should be all about fair play, say opposition MPs. The Hill Times, September 13, 2010. http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/suntv-09-13-2010 The uproar over Sun TV’s...
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Canada’s Cyber-Security Strategy
The Government’s ultimate goal is to create a culture of cyber-safety whereby Canadians are aware of both the threats and the measures they can take to ensure the safe use of cyberspace. Creating such...
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2011 Copyright Reform?
With Parliament set to resume soon, Heritage Minister James Moore says he is prepared to reintroduce amendments to the Copyright Reform Act, the previously called Bill C-32, before Christmas 2011....
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Dwayne Winseck on Canada’s Network-Media Economy
Blog columnist Dwayne Winseck of Carleton University has two posts that meticulously detail data on the Canadian media sector between 1984-2010. In a series of two columns Winseck examines the...
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Stop Online Spying!
Flash! September 20: from OpenMedia.ca: Under the intense pressure of a 70,000+ signature petition, the government has omitted “Lawful Access” (Online Spying) bills from the larger omnibus crime...
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CRTC Vertical Integration Hearings
In CRTC 2011-601 issued on September 21, 2011 the CRTC issued their decision on a framework for media integration of large companies in Canada: the “vertical integration” hearings. According to the...
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UnLawful Access Video
From The Mark, more on the Stop Online Spying campaign: OpenMedia.ca has been working with a coalition of organizations to raise awareness about the federal government’s impending “Lawful Access”...
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