News of the Week; May 23, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Judge For Yourself: Bell Says It Didn’t Meet CRTC to Review the FairPlay Application, But Here’s the Slide Presentation (Michael Geist) Rupert Murdoch Believes In The Free Market… Until His Company Is Struggling: Then He Wants To Regulate Competitors Disney’s Plans to Buy Fox Just Hit a Major Snag and […]
News of the Week; May 16, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Fair Play for FairPlay?: Bell Presented Its Site Blocking Plan to the CRTC Months Before It Became Public (Michael Geist) House of Commons Ethics Committee Recommends Rejecting Bell Coalition Website Blocking Plan (Michael Geist) Not So Fast: Digging into MEI’s Report on the State of Canadian Wireless Services (Michael Geist) […]
News of the Week; May 9, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY World’s Worst Wireless Pricing?: Report Finds Canadian Wireless Broadband Pricing Offers Least Bang for the Buck in Developed World (Michael Geist) Why one man’s victory against Bell won’t resolve telecom’s customer-service problems Bell Backroom Pressure: Internal Documents Reveal How a Brock University Executive Came to Provide Support for Website Blocking […]
News of the Week; May 2, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Customer takes Bell to court and wins, as judge agrees telecom giant can’t promise a price, then change it: Contract law expert says Ontario case could be grounds for class-action lawsuit FCC Republican gets official warning after pushing for Trump’s re-election: O’Rielly broke government ethics law; could be punished if […]
News of Week; April 25, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY F-Word in Live Sports Broadcasts Should be Avoided, Says Canadian Broadcast Standards Council Discussion about Sex Shops Was Acceptable Before 9:00 pm, Says Canadian Broadcast Standards Council Wait for it: Government to clarify anti-spam law – eventually Government Response to CASL Report Released Government Response Suggests No Appetite for Canadian […]
News of the Week; April 18, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Former FCC Broadband Advisory Panel Chair Arrested For Fraud Ajit Pai’s ex-broadband advisor arrested on charge of forging fiber contracts: Ex-CEO and committee chair accused of defrauding investors with fake contracts. Broadband adviser picked by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai arrested on fraud charges: Elizabeth Pierce allegedly tricked investors into pouring […]
News of the Week; April 11, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Canadian Internet Providers Warn of Site Blocking Consequences: Threat to Affordable Internet Access and Market Competition (Michael Geist) CRTC Website Blocking Submissions Confirm Over-Blocking Risks: “Every Blocking Technique Suffers from Over-blocking and Under-blocking” (Michael Geist) Broken Record: Why the Music Industry’s Secret Plan for iPhone Taxes, Internet Tracking and Content […]
