Powerpoint for February 1st Group Presentation
Hey all; thanks for your comments in class today. See below for the PowerPoint presentation.
News of the Week; January 25, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Chairperson, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Appointment Opportunity 18 bogus arguments about the CRTC and Super Bowl ads Outgoing Obama trade chief urges Canada to reverse Super Bowl ad decision Super Bowl Commercials Set to Air North of the Border NFL Gets Involved In Plan To Keep American Super Bowl […]
Materials for Feb. 1st Group Presentation
Hey everyone, Next week, Jonathan and I will be presenting on the changing landscape of digital media and its impact on both the human mind and society. We’ll start by assessing three general trends in digital media, and how those trends manifest into concrete changes in how we interact with media content. From there, we’ll […]
Group Presentation on “Canadian Content in the On-Demand Era”
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2016 Updated Communications Monitoring Report
Communications Monitoring Report 2016: Telecommunications sector overview Specifically, the “forborne services” portion:
CRTC Submissions on Canadian Content
The CRTC took submissions from interested parties on the topic of a “Netflix Tax.” It is not available on the main CRTC site (that I’ve seen) but the submissions made are available on a separate site: http://www.canadiancontentconsultations.ca/home Notably, the submission from the CBC is essentially in favour of letting Netflix continue to operate as they have, as […]
News of the Week; January 18, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Not Exactly a Netflix Tax: Where Canada Stands on a Digital Sales Tax (Michael Geist) Careful: a digital tax isn’t the same as a Netflix tax Killing net neutrality at FCC is “not a slam dunk,” departing chair says: While Republicans could end net neutrality, Wheeler explains why they shouldn’t. […]