Netflix’s Rising Popularity
This week Netflix was nominated for 15 Oscars – demonstrating that it is a serious competitor to the traditional cinema industry. It comes in the same week that they announced that they were increasing prices for their subscribers. Furthermore, Netflix has recently claimed that their non-US subscribers have risen dramatically over the past month. However […]
News of the Week; January 23, 2019
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY The Canadian Wireless Story: Comparative Data Shows World’s Highest Carrier Revenues Per SIM Sunlight on the Submissions: Why the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel Should Reverse Its Secretive Approach (Michael Geist) Woman sues T-Mobile after employees allegedly snoop on racy private video Verizon blames school text provider in dispute […]
Results of today’s “One Word Poll” on your policy priority for the communications system
Results Freedom = 4 Privacy = 4 Security = 3 Access = 2 Open = 2 Balance = 1 Consumer Protections = 1 Creativity = 1 Fact-based = 1 Innovation = 1 Net-neutrality = 1 Transparency = 1 Thanks to everyone who played… Jon
Question of the Week (Class 3): Should Canada ban Huawei from our 5G Networks?
Thanks to Mishaal for doing the heavy lifting in the post just below. Will add a couple of more articles for you to consider (click on the screen-captures). So our Question of the Week is simply: Jon
With Canadian-Chinese relations in question, should Canada ban Huawei from our 5G Networks?
Amidst all the turmoil of the arrest of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, Canada must decide what they are to do with Huawei, who Crown lawyers describe as the world’s largest telecommunications company. The firm employs 180,000 people in more than 170 countries and regions worldwide, including more than 700 people in Canada, which […]
How to Post (course members only)
Once you have signed in through your CML account, posting to the website is pretty simple. All you have to do is add “post” (without quotes) to the end of the URL. Once you do so and press enter you will be taken to a page where you can post. So you will go from […]
News of the Week; January 16, 2019
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Why So Secret?: Government’s Communications Law Panel Plans to Keep Public Submissions Under Wraps for Months (Michael Geist) All About the Internet: My Submission to the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel on the Future of Canadian Communications Law (Michael Geist) Ajit Pai gives carriers free pass on privacy violations […]
Question of the Week (Class 2): U.S. Super Bowl Commercials on Canadian TV – Yes, No or Who Cares?
This is one of those stories that is very hard to tell. Because of all the complexity and twists and turns, it may be best told in flashback like one of those movies that starts off in the near-present moment, when the main character is about to do something climactic and you then wonder how […]
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