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Report: 3% of Canadians still accessing Internet by dial-up

Toronto - Are you using dial-up Internet to read this article? According to an in-depth report that looks at the demographics of individuals who still utilize it, approximately three percent of Canadians use dial-up.

In the Media by Andrew Moran - 2 comments

Bell Canada, Aliant seeking to charge $1 for local payphone use

Toronto - In this day and age of advanced mobile phones, are payphones becoming obsolete? Despite the outlook, Bell Canada and Bell Aliant are seeking to double the cost of local payphone use from 50 cents to $1.

In the Media by Andrew Moran - 2 comments

GoodLife Fitness Centres fined $300,000 for violating CRTC rules

London - The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunication Commission (CRTC) fined GoodLife Fitness $300,000 for violating telemarketing rules.

In the Media by Ernest Dempsey

Canadian TV stations can charge cable providers to carry programs

Ottawa - The Federal Court of Appeal has issued a decision that allows Canada's various private broadcasters, including CTV and Global, to charge cable and satellite providers to broadcast their programs.

In the Media by Andrew Moran

CRTC to add third area code to rapidly growing 905 region

Ottawa - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has announced that it will add a third area code to the 905 region to avoid a telephone number shortage.

In the Media by Andrew Moran

CRTC denies Internet throttling appeal

A group of Internet providers has had their appeal to force Bell Canada to stop its Internet traffic management denied by the CRTC .

In the Media by Bob Ewing - 2 comments

Canadian violators of 'Do-Not-Call' list identified

Two companies and one individual are the first to be fined under Canada's National Do-Not-Call List implemented by the CRTC in September 2008.

In the Media by Andrew Moran

CRTC eases burden on cash-strapped Canadian networks

Canada's broadcast regulator announced a new kind of television license designed to give some of the country's cash-strapped small-market TV stations some relief in an economic downturn.

In the Media by Tamara Baluja - 1 comment

Children's Programming Needs To Be Protected, Advocacy Group Tells CRTC

Some of the best of Canadian television programming takes place on children's shows. No longer is Canadian kids TV just for the kids of the Great White North as in the days of "Mr. Dressup" and "The Friendly Giants."

In the Media by KJ Mullins - 1 comment

More ads on Canadian TV and less time-shifting

That would be the future of Canadian television if networks have their way as the CRTC reviews its policy.

In the Media by KeSera - 1 comment

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Pierre Juneau, former CRTC and CBC chief, dies

Pierre Juneau, the first chair of the CRTC and a former CBC president, is being remembered as a 'fervent promoter' of Canadian content on radio and TV after dying at age 89.

CRTC raps telemarketers for do-not-call violations

The CRTC has taken action against 85 companies for breaking telemarketing rules designed to protect Canadians from unwanted phone calls.

Internet provider hiking rates after CRTC ruling

An independent internet service provider, TekSavvy Solutions Inc., plans to hike its rates next month in response to recent CRTC decision on usage-based billing.

CRTC orders TV ads to turn down the volume

The CRTC published today its final set of regulations requiring television advertisers to tone down the loudness of their TV ads.

CRTC board picks former broadcast exec as interim chair

Len Katz has been elected interim chair of the CRTC, Canada's national broadcast regulator, replacing Konrad von Finckenstein, whose term expired this week.