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CRTC launches fact-finding initiative on OTT programming
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- Canada
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- July 26 2011
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has called for submissions on the impact of over-the-top services on the Canadian broadcasting system
Canadian Competition Authority imposes first C$10 million civil penalty for misleading advertising
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- Canada
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- September 6 2011
On 28 June 2011, the Canadian Competition Bureau (CCB) registered a consent agreement with the Canadian Competition Tribunal (CCT) in which one of Canada's largest communications company agreed to pay a civil administrative monetary penalty of C$10 million for misleading advertising in connection with its internet, home phone, wireless and television services
Telecommunications regulator imposes moratorium on exclusivity programming agreements for mobile and broadband rights
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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
Supreme Court of Canada to rule on whether ISPs can be regulated under the Broadcasting Act
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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 firms litigate internet speed advertising claims
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- Canada
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- 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
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- Canada
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- 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
Canadian deadline for transition to digital television signals
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- USA
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- August 17 2010
On 14 June 2010, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued a reminder to Canadian broadcasters of the 31 August 2011 deadline to switch from analog to digital television signals and warned broadcasters that this deadline will not be extended
CRTC rules on signal compensation regime for Canadian broadcasters
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- Canada
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- 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
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- Canada
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- September 6 2010
The Federal Court of Appeal (Court) has confirmed that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are not broadcasters
Canada revises community television policy
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- Canada
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- 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
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