Hope to fight back against Telecommunication Providers?
Hi everyone, In light of our class discussion about Bell and Superbowl advertising, I thought it was appropriate to highlight the following article: The CRTC has recently been urged to hold a public inquiry into the sales practices of Canada’s telecommunication providers. This urge has come in the form of a formal letter to the […]
Digital Distraction
Hi, I wanted to share with you a new that I read this weekend from The Globe And Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/your-smartphone-is-making-you-stupid/article37511900/ It is about how smartphones have changed the way our brain works, how it has been influencing our way to communicate and to access media. Family interaction is affected starting from breastfeeding. Apps would have been […]
Question of the Week (Class 2): U.S. Super Bowl Commercials on Canadian TV – Good, Bad, or Indifferent?
Journalistically one should never “bury your lead”, so the story above (click on it) tells you the current state of play. The CRTC’s (17 page) decision to make removing authorization for simultaneous substitution under it’s regulations can be found below if you are hungering for lots of background detail… The Simultaneous Substitution Regulations can be […]
News of the Week; January 3, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY No, The Death Of Net Neutrality Will Not Be Subtle Ajit Pai’s FCC is still editing the net neutrality repeal order: Repeal undergoing final changes as FCC prepares for court battle. Now That The FCC Is Doing Away With Title II For Broadband, Will Verizon Give Back The Taxpayer Subsidies […]
News of the Week; December 27, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Months Later, And People Are Still Discovering Their Dead Loved Ones Were Used To Support Killing Net Neutrality The Heroes We Need: An Overview of Who’s Fighting for and Against Net Neutrality The End of the Internet? What to Expect after the FCC’s 3-2 Vote to Restore Internet Freedom Comcast’s […]
News of the Week; December 20, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Fostering a Vibrant Canadian Programming Market: My CRTC Submission Focusing on Net Neutrality and Rejecting New Taxes, Fees or Content Blocking (Michael Geist) As the U.S. Retreats, Canada Doubles Down on Net Neutrality: “An Open Internet is Critical to Our Democracy” (Michael Geist) Goodbye, net neutrality – Ajit Pai’s FCC […]
News of the Week; December 13, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY On the Eve of the FCC’s Reclassification of Broadband Services, the FCC and FTC Release Memorandum of Understanding for Oversight of Broadband No, The FTC Won’t Save You Once Net Neutrality Rules Are Killed It’s Super Hard To Find Humans In The Fcc’s Net Neutrality Comments FCC Must Investigate Fraud […]
News of the Week; December 6, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Massachusetts District Court Finds VoIP Service is Not Cellular Service Per Se Under the TCPA Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Pandora Could Face Billions In ‘Fast Lane’ Surcharges How To Make Sense Of Net Neutrality And Telecom Under Trump 50,000 net neutrality complaints were excluded from FCC’s repeal docket: FCC is […]
News of the Week; November 29, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Rogers to cut off support for Viceland TV station CASL is Constitutional (And Some Guidance on How to Interpret It) Ajit Pai’s Big Lie Ajit Pai’s Shell Game Comcast Spent Millions Repealing Net Neutrality, Now Wants You To Believe It Won’t Take Full, Brutal Advantage Comcast deleted net neutrality pledge […]
News of the Week; November 22, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Canada and the U.S. stand divided at the crossroads of net neutrality (Michael Geist) Bell insider reveals high-pressure sales tactics required on every single call: Bell says allegations are ‘completely unfounded and untrue’ Trump administration files suit to block AT&T/Time Warner merger: $108 billion merger would raise TV bills and […]
