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News of the Week; August 30, 2017

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY  AT&T’s slow 1.5Mbps Internet in poor neighborhoods sparks complaint to FCC: AT&T refusal to boost Internet speed violates discrimination ban, complaint says. EFF, Others Think It Would Be Cool If The FCC Stopped Hiding 47,000 Net Neutrality Complaints Why Net Neutrality Matters Even In The Age Of Oligopoly Net neutrality […]

News of the Week; August 23, 2017

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Pick-and-pay TV system a hit with Canadians, nearly one third bought solo channels: report – Although the vast majority of subscribers continue to buy larger packages, MTM’s research suggests a massive jump in interest in the smaller packages Judge Kills AT&T’s Attempt To Thwart Google Fiber Competition In Louisville AT&T’s […]

News of the Week; August 16, 2017

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Good Politics, Bad Policy: Melanie Joly Sends TV Licensing Cancon Decision Back to the CRTC (Michael Geist) The Future of Canadian “TV” Trump Cribbed His Charlottesville Press Conference Straight From Fox News Fox News Host Files SLAPP Suit Against Reporter Who Exposed His Sexting Alex Jones’ Infowars supplements are overpriced, mundane vitamins […]

News of the Week; August 9, 2017

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Canadian Telcos Take Aim At Kodi Addon Site With Shocking Search: True Purpose to “Destroy Livelihood of the Defendant” (Michael Geist) Canadian Telcos Lose Their Minds Over TVAddons Canadian Telcos Want To Play Police In War On Piracy: They’ve already raided a Montreal man’s home. Secret court order that let telcos […]

News of the Week; August 2, 2017

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Inconsistent Arguments and Questionable Claims: Bell Launches Yet Another Action Over CRTC’s Super Bowl Simsub Ruling (Michael Geist) TVAddons Returns, But in Ugly War With Canadian Telcos Over Kodi Addons Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: the Antenna – Cord-cutters accustomed to watching shows online are often shocked […]