Amanda Oye

TORONTO — Blue Ant Media announced today The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge, featuring amateur miniature crafters from across Britain, will have its Canadian broadcast premiere exclusively on lifestyle specialty channel Makeful on Nov. 17 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Hosted by “self-confessed enthusiast and collector of miniatures” Sandi Toksvig (above), this eight-episode competition series sees... Read more »

OTTAWA – The Competition Tribunal hearing on the Competition Bureau’s application to block the merger of Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications continued today, although mostly in camera. The tribunal heard from Blaik Kirby, group president, consumer and small and medium business at BCE, who also appeared yesterday. He spoke about the competitive environment and Bell’s... Read more »

By Monica Auer IN JUNE 2022, the House of Commons passed Bill C-11-3, the Online Streaming Act, to amend Canada’s 1991 Broadcasting Act. The bill was then sent to the Senate for study and debate. The Senate’s Transport and Communications Committee (TRCM) began its pre-study of C-11 in early June, and has so far heard nearly... Read more »

REGINA — The Government of Saskatchewan announced today SaskTel will invest an additional $100 million in its Rural Fibre Initiative, which will allow the crown corporation to expand SaskTel infiNET service to over 80 more towns and villages throughout the province. “This investment will help narrow the digital divide in Saskatchewan by connecting tens of... Read more »

OTTAWA – The remedy Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications offered in an attempt to gain the necessary regulatory approvals for their proposed merger is “inadequate”, according to Dr. Nathan Miller, a professor at Georgetown University who was asked to put together a report on the matter for the Competition Bureau. Miller spoke today about his... Read more »

By Denis Carmel OTTAWA — This evening, the Transport and Communications Committee of the Senate (TRCM) heard from CRTC chairman Ian Scott (above) who took the opportunity to clarify some concepts and asked to remove amendments passed by the House of Commons Heritage Committee to Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act. The chair started by... Read more »

LONDON, U.K. — Blue Ant International today announced the appointment of Sarah Hussain (above) to the position of director of sales and acquisitions. “Overseeing the Middle East, Africa, Benelux and ancillary sales, Sarah will be tasked with all sales activity in these markets including pre-sales, content licensing and partnerships while also supporting acquisitions and growing... Read more »

PUBLIC FUNDING FOR and independence of public broadcasters around the world is under increasing threat, according to the Global Task Force for public media. The task force, which is chaired by CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO Catherine Tait and serves the purpose of promoting and defending public media values, met recently for its first in-person meeting... Read more »

By Denis Carmel OTTAWA — The House of Commons Heritage Committee started considering amendments to Bill C-18, the Online News Act, today and dealt with only three amendments during the two-hour session. Although they seem to have agreed not to filibuster, the Conservatives clearly used delay tactics that had the effect of angering Liberal and... Read more »

Company believes they will capture those customers with their own offering OTTAWA — The Competition Tribunal heard evidence today that while Quebecor subsidiary Videotron had the opportunity to purchase Shaw Mobile along with Freedom Mobile, they turned it down because they believe they will be able to capture those customers on their own. Jean-François Lescadres,... Read more »