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Bell Media commends the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ruling supporting the balanced, pro-consumer carriage arrangement Bell Media offered to the Canadian Independent Distributors Group (CIDG). The CRTC’s precedent-setting endorsement of Bell Media’s final offer, with its innovative flexible-pricing model, confirms Canadians will continue to have access to one of the largest selections of television channels available in the world, at some of the lowest costs in the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Monitoring conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region; observation of the drought crisis across the horn of Africa; continued evaluation of Haiti’s earthquake response. It is conflict regions like these that Vancouver-based UrtheCast has agreed to image in support of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Read the rest of this entry »

Today, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that the Local Programming Improvement Fund will be phased out by August 31, 2014. The contribution to the Fund will be gradually reduced until it is discontinued. As a result, the charge many cable and satellite companies have passed through to their customers will be removed from their bills. Read the rest of this entry »

Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that the Canadian film industry is enjoying greater success at home and abroad. According to the organization’s Success Index, the performance of its portfolio improved by 23.7% in 2011. As introduced at Telefilm’s Annual Public Meeting in November 2011, this index measures the year-over-year results for the commercial, cultural and industrial success of feature films supported by Telefilm. Read the rest of this entry »

With the Royal Assent of Bill C-11, The Copyright Modernization Act, Canada joins a long list of countries that recognize the importance of protecting intellectual property in the digital environment. Read the rest of this entry »

TVO is pleased to announce that the Ontario Government has appointed former Science North CEO Jim Marchbank of Sudbury and Waterloo entrepreneur Toby Jenkins to TVO’s Board of Directors for three-year terms.  Read the rest of this entry »

The Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC) supports the Federal government’s reform of copyright and welcomes the passage of Bill C-11, the Copyright Modernization Act. Having a modern and effective copyright protection regime is critical for the continued development of Canada’s digital-based industries. Read the rest of this entry »

Michel Roy, Telefilm Canada‘s Chair of the Board, is proud to announce the names of the five business leaders who will drive the pan-Canadian honorary committee for its new Talent Fund. The role of honorary committee members will be to raise the visibility of the private donation fund among potential donors, as well as to find inventive ways to inspire corporations to invest in Canada’s audiovisual industry. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has closed its investigation into Rogers Communications’ Internet traffic management practices. The CRTC is satisfied that Rogers has addressed its concerns regarding the company’s practice of slowing down certain types of Internet traffic. Read the rest of this entry »

Via the Trade Commissioners’ Office: Game Nation is headed to Casual Connect 2012 in Seattle, ground zero for the casual gaming industry.  The conference, which will take place at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall this July 24th to 26th, attracts over 2,500 industry professionals with a cutting edge lecture series and highly popular nightly networking events. Read the rest of this entry »