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Weekly Newsletter for December 19, 2023

Bradley McNeil

Weekly News (December 19, 2023)

Compiled by Ian Steinberg with Sara Bannerman

McMaster University, Communications Governance Observatory

(December 13 – 19, 2023)

Canadian News 

International News

(December 13 – 19, 2023)

Supreme Court of Canada  

Supreme Court of the United States

Canadian Heritage 

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 

  • Broadcasting and Telecoms:
    • Broadcasting decision 2023-416
      [2023-12-18 11:00:00]
      MusiquePlus inc. – Across Canada – Application to renew the broadcasting licences for the French-language discretionary services ELLE Fictions and MAX – Application to transfer, to the next licence term, of the balance of Canadian programming expenditures not used by Groupe V Média inc. allocated to MusiquePlus as part of the Bell/V transaction 
    • Telecom order 2023-415
      [2023-12-15 11:00:00]
      Streamlined order – The Commission approves on a final basis the following tariff applications: Bell Canada, TN 7678; Northwestel Inc., TN 1194 and TN 1195; TELUS Communications Inc., TN 658 
    • Broadcasting decision 2023-414
      [2023-12-15 11:00:00]
      Pattison Media Ltd. – Various locations in British Columbia and Medicine Hat, Alberta – Application to renew the broadcasting licences for the English-language independent conventional television stations CFJC-TV Kamloops and its transmitters, CKPG-TV Prince George and its transmitter as well as CHAT-TV Medicine Hat, Alberta – Request to decrease the Canadian programming expenditure requirement for each station from 34% to 30% – Request to decrease the expenditure requirement on locally reflective news for each station from 27.5% to 25% – Request to delete various rebroadcasting transmitters from the broadcasting licences of the three stations 
    • Broadcasting decision 2023-413
      [2023-12-14 11:00:00]
      Shaw Pay-Per-View Ltd. – Edmonton, Alberta – Renewal of the broadcasting licence for the English-language direct-to-home on-demand service Shaw Pay-Per-View
    • Telecom order 2023-412
      [2023-12-13 11:00:00]
      Streamlined order – The Commission approves on an interim basis the following tariff applications: Distributel Communications Limited, TN 15 and TN 15A

Competition Bureau Canada

Global Media and Internet Concentration Project (GMICP)

Apple

Disney

Google

Meta

Microsoft

Netflix

OpenAI

Senate of Canada

House of Commons

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

  • Anticipated releases for the week of December 18 to 20, 2023: 
    • Broadcasting Decisions:
      • Applications by various licensees to renew the broadcasting licences for television stations
    • Telecom Decisions:
      • Bell Canada – Application to review and vary Telecom Regulatory Policy 2018-377 and Telecom Decision 2022-341
        Public record: 8662-B2-202209973
      • Canadian Administrator of VRS (CAV), Inc. – Application requesting video relay service funding for 2024
        Public record: 8665-C209-202304814
      • Final 2023 revenue-percent charge and related matters
  • Upcoming Hearings
    • 2023-369 – Notice of hearing – 8 February 2024 – National Capital Region – Deadline for submission of interventions/comments/answers: 18 December 2023
    • February 12, 2024 – Gatineau, Quebec

Notice of hearing – Review of the wholesale high-speed access service framework – Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2023-56, 2023-56-1, 2023-56-2, and 2023-56-3.

View hearing documents (2023-56)

Consultations:

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

·         Consultation on Copyright in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence – January 15, 2024

·         Consultation on Amending CPC-2-0-20 — Radio Frequency (RF) Fields—Signs and Access Control – January 4, 2024

Statistics Canada:

·         Census Data on Demand (CDOD) program consultative engagement – March 31, 2024

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