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Telecommunications firms litigate internet speed advertising claims

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 30 2009

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has denied a request for an injunction by Bell Canada, the largest Canadian internet service provider, but has made important comments on the merits of an underlying action relating to comparative advertising of internet speed claims

Canadian conversion to digital television

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 15 2010

On 17 April 2010, the Canadian Minister of Industry, Tony Clement, stated that the Federal Government expects broadcasters to adhere to the Government's schedule of transitioning from analog to digital television, despite warnings from television networks and consumer advocates that Canada is not ready

CRTC rules on signal compensation regime for Canadian broadcasters

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 10 2010

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has issued a decision adopting in principle a new signal compensation regime in which private local Canadian broadcasters may elect to enter into negotiations with Canadian distributors to establish compensation for over-the-air signals

Canadian appeals court rules internet service providers are not broadcasters

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 6 2010

The Federal Court of Appeal (Court) has confirmed that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are not broadcasters

Canada revises community television policy

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 9 2010

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued an updated policy requiring cable undertakings to ensure that at least half of the programming on their community access channels is created by community members, meaning that the original idea for a program must come from members of the community, who must also be involved in some aspect of the production, whether in front or behind the camera

Telecommunications regulator imposes moratorium on exclusivity programming agreements for mobile and broadband rights

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 26 2011

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that it has imposed a moratorium against a large communications company, prohibiting it from entering into new exclusive programming agreements for mobile and broadband rights to television programming from its conventional and specialty channels

CRTC seeks power to levy higher penalties

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 9 2011

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has advocated in a published licence renewal decision that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act (the Act), the statute that grants the CRTC its powers, should be amended in order to enable the CRTC to impose tougher punishments on companies that breach the Broadcasting Act, the Telecommunications Act and their related regulations

Federal Court of Appeal rules that CRTC has authority to permit broadcasters to charge cable companies a fee for local television signals

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 4 2011

The Federal Court of Appeal of Canada has ruled that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is permitted to establish a so-called "Value for Signal" (VFS) regime whereby broadcasters may negotiate a fee with cable and satellite companies for the right to carry local signals (i.e., local stations) in their packaged television offerings

Competition Bureau will not block merger between telecommunications company and broadcaster

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 29 2011

After completing its review of the proposed merger between one of Canada's largest telecommunications company and one of the largest national private broadcaster, the Canadian Competition Bureau issued a statement that, at the current time, it does not plan to challenge the transaction by making an application to the Competition Tribunal to prevent closing

Canadian government to auction more wireless spectrum

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 7 2010

The Canadian Federal Government has announced that it will auction two blocks of radio frequency spectrum at 2500 Mhz and at 700 Mhz, the latter of which consists of spectrum that will be freed up when Canada moves from analogue to digital television distribution in August 2011

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