News of the Week; July 18, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Canada: A $250,000 Reminder that “CASL” is Not Just an Anti-Spam Law AG’s False Advertising Suit Challenging Broadband Claims Not Preempted Bill to save net neutrality gets first Republican vote in US House The Cable TV & Broadband Sector Has A Nasty Billing Fraud Problem The FCC’s Sneaky Plan To […]
News of the Week; July 11, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Government Memo Suggests Netflix Outspends Canadian Private Broadcasters on Canadian English Scripted Programming (Michael Geist) The State of Canadian Wireless in One Chart: No One Has Carriers That Generate More Revenue With Less Usage (Michael Geist) Ajit Pai’s FCC Doesn’t Want to Hear Your Complaints Unless You Pay Them $225 […]
News of the Week; July 4, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Comments about Indigenous Women Breached Broadcast Codes, Says Canadian Broadcast Standards Council Talk Show’s Sexual Discussions Not Too Explicit, Says Canadian Broadcast Standards Council The Consequences of High Wireless Costs: OECD Data Confirms Canadians Lag Behind in Data Usage (Michael Geist) Effort To Save Net Neutrality Via Congressional Review Act […]
News of the Week; June 27, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Net Neutrality and NAFTA: Canadian Government Says It Will Address U.S. Policy Should Harms Arise (Michael Geist) AT&T Successfully Derails California’s Tough New Net Neutrality Law California net neutrality bill gutted as lawmakers cave to AT&T lobbyists California’s Quest For Tough Net Neutrality Not Dead Yet Bill to save net […]
News of the Week; June 20, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY The CRTC’s Vision of the Future Government of Canada Looks to Modernize Telecommunications and Broadcasting Legislation for the Digital Age CRTC Rebuked: Government Signals Frustration With the Commission Prioritizing Carriers Over Consumers (Michael Geist) How Did George Brown College Come to Support the FairPlay Site Blocking Plan? Docs Show Bell […]
News of the Week; June 13, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Government of Canada launches review of Telecommunications and Broadcasting Acts Broadcasting And Telecommunications Legislative Review: Terms of Reference The CRTC’s fundamental mistake: It thinks it can regulate the internet (Michael Geist) The CRTC’s Fundamental Flaw: Broadcasting May Be the Internet, but the Internet is Not Broadcasting (Michael Geist) Canadian Government Responds […]
