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Bell’s Bid to Swallow Astral Media
Sometimes I just wish I could wake up in the morning and not be thrust into the hurly-burly of all the stuff roiling the telecom-media-Internet industries in Canada. But no! If it ain’t copyright...
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The Significant Impact of the Bell Astral Deal on Media & Internet...
Today was a good day. An unbelievably frantic one, but a good day nonetheless. I’ve been pouring blood, sweat and tears into a submission to the CRTC’s hearings on Bell’s bid to buy Astral Media to be...
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CRTC Kills Bell Astral Deal: What Happened and Why?
On Thursday this week, the CRTC killed the Bell Astral deal (news release, full decision). The decision was entirely unexpected by anyone, including me, although all along I have argued that Bell’s bid...
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Competition Bureau Blesses Bell – Shaw Take-Over of Astral Media
Bell Astral Round 2 officially got under way today with an announcement by the Competition Bureau that it will conditionally approve the deal. In the Competition Bureau’s words, ”Today’s agreement is...
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CMCR Project 2012 Data Release: Concentration Trends in the...
Highlights (original posted to Canadian Media Concentration Research Project website) The CMCR analyzed the financial results for Canada’s biggest TV providers, radio broadcasters, specialty, pay and...
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KeyWords: Bell and Astral Discover the Public Interest
In March, media, telecom and internet policy wonks across Canada busily poured over Bell and Astral’s revised application asking the CRTC to approve Bell’s renewed bid to acquire Astral Media. Along...
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