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Supreme Court of Canada to rule on whether ISPs can be regulated under the Broadcasting Act
- Baker & McKenzie
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- Canada
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- June 28 2011
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has granted leave to appeal a Federal Court of Appeal judgment dated 7 July 2010, which held that internet service providers (ISPs) do not carry on a "broadcasting undertaking" as defined in the federal Broadcasting Act
Telecommunications regulator imposes moratorium on exclusivity programming agreements for mobile and broadband rights
- Baker & McKenzie
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- Canada
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- 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
Competition Bureau will not block merger between telecommunications company and broadcaster
- Baker & McKenzie
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- Canada
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- 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
CRTC seeks power to levy higher penalties
- Baker & McKenzie
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- Canada
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- 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
CRTC announces review of earlier decisions relating to usage-based billing for wholesale internet services
- Baker & McKenzie
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- Canada
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- March 22 2011
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced a comprehensive review of its recent decisions that would have permitted large internet distributors to adopt usage-based billing for wholesale customers (typically small internet service providers or ISPs) where such providers' residential users exceeded bandwidth caps, as determined by the distributors who generally own or operate the network infrastructure
CRTC rules on application to reduce Canadian content
- Baker & McKenzie
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- Canada
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- December 14 2010
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) denied two applications by a Canadian broadcaster to reduce the percentage of Canadian content it broadcasts on television to 55, which is 5 less than the current 60 minimum required by the Television Broadcasting Regulations
Canadian government to auction more wireless spectrum
- Baker & McKenzie
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- Canada
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- 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
Federal Court of Appeal rules that CRTC has authority to permit broadcasters to charge cable companies a fee for local television signals
- Baker & McKenzie
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- Canada
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- 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
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