Jon Festinger
Welcome to the fifth cohort of Communications Law 2.0 @ Allard; or are you the first cohort of Communications Law 3.0?
The world is changing. As some of my kids would say: “It’s a mood”. Was trying to remember when I first did legal work on a media file. It probably was 39 years ago. Change, rapidly accelerating change (or the invocation, true or not, of rapidly accelerating change) has always been part of the landscape. […]
News of the Week; January 6, 2021
COMMUNICATIONS Broadband Infrastructure Companies Ripe for M&A, Experts Say Pudding-Brained 5G Conspiracies Somehow Get Even Dumber FCC Issues Ruling Limiting Call Volumes Permitted Under TCPA Exemptions FCC issues voluntary caller id authentication best practices for Voice service providers FCC Takes A Break From Not Caring About Consumers To Hassle Some Landlords Over Pirate Radio ViaSat […]
News of the Week; December 30, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS FCC Seeks Input on FM Booster “Zonecasting” Proposal FCC Threatens Large Fines Against Landlords Who Allow Pirate Radio Broadcasts on Their Property Congress Appropriates $7 Billion to Fund Broadband Initiatives Impact of Section 889’s Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Equipment Prohibitions on Federal Grant and Loan Recipients Verizon’s Latest 5G Innovation: A 5G ‘DSS’ Network […]
News of the Week; December 23, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS BILL C-10: An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 19: The Misleading Comparison to the European Union (Michael Geist) The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 20: The Case Against Bill C-10 (Michael Geist) Early Warnings: Canada’s Regulators Issue Warning Letters […]
News of the Week; December 16, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 15: Mandated Confidential Data Disclosures May Keep Companies Out of Canada (Michael Geist) The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 16: Mandated Payments and a Reality Check on Guilbeault’s Billion Dollar Claim (Michael Geist) The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 17: The Uncertain Policy Directive (Michael Geist) The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day […]
News of the Week; December 9, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 11: The “Regulate Everything” Approach – Licence or Registration Required (Michael Geist) The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 12: The “Regulate Everything” Approach – The CRTC Conditions (Michael Geist) The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 13: The “Regulate Everything” Approach – Targeting Individual Services (Michael Geist) The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day […]
News of the Week; December 2, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day Six: The Beginning of the End of Canadian Broadcast Ownership and Control Requirements (Michael Geist) The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day Seven: Beware Bill C-10’s Unintended Consequences (Michael Geist) The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 8: The Unnecessary Discoverability Requirements (Michael Geist) The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 9: Why Use Cross-Subsidies […]
News of the Week; November 25, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Canadian Government introduces legislation that would fundamentally transform the broadcasting system The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day One: Why There is No Canadian Content Crisis (Michael Geist) The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day Two: What the Government Doesn’t Say About Creating a “Level Playing Field” (Michael Geist) The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day Three: Minister Guilbeault Says […]
News of the Week; November 18, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Law Bytes Episode 69: Bram Abramson on the Government’s Plan to Regulate Internet Streaming Services (Michael Geist) Two Trump Defamation Claims Dismissed Including Claim Against TV Station for Political Attack Ad – What is the Relevance for Broadcasters? How the Presidential Transition Will Affect the FCC Big TCPA News: Biden Announces FCC Transition Team […]
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