I strongly urge the forming of a national digital panel, one that will bring together leading players from all sectors to begin to think through the long-term issues related to the development
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Keep ReadingWhat a time it’s been for private Canadian broadcasters. Here they are, in the midst of a mini depression, on the ropes from falling ad revenue, and swimming in debt.
Keep ReadingThe CRTC know they’ve got to come up with a less monopolistic map of our broadcast and new media world and create conditions for new players to enter the field.
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Keep ReadingThe CRTC has little choice but to get involved, perhaps kicking and screaming, in the nether world of the Internet.
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