Jon Festinger
Please bring your Red & Black books tomorrow
We are going to do a bit of in-class group work tomorrow. To the extent as many people in the class as see this bring their McCarthy Tetrault Red (Canadian Broadcasting Regulatory Handbook) & Black (Canadian Telecommunications Regulatory Handbook) texts, please do. They will be a useful reference tool for the exercise. I will have […]
News of the Week; March 1, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY YouTube launches its own streaming TV service: Another way to cut the cord YouTube Unveils Live TV Bundle for $35 Per Month With 40 Channels FCC head Ajit Pai: You can thank me for carriers’ new unlimited data plans – But there are good reasons to believe he’s wrong. FCC […]
Presentation: AI & the Law
Hi Everyone, This week we (Brendan and Mojan) are presenting on Artificial Intelligence and its impact on the legal community. Please see the two reports and the TedTalk for preparation. Have a great weekend!
Presentation – Net Neutrality
Hi everyone, Our presentation is going to be on net neutrality and zero-rating. Here are a few articles that you can read before the class!
News of the Week; February 22, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY The Shattered Mirror, Part Three: Why Income Tax Changes for Digital Advertising Won’t Save Local Media (Michael Geist) CRTC Extends Direct Regulation to Resellers of Telecommunications Services Bains Gives Bell-MTS Merger a Pass Despite Competition Bureau Finding Serious Wireless Market Problems (Michael Geist) ‘Last night in Sweden’ was a figment […]
News of the Week; February 15, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Fuss over American Super Bowl ads ignores reality of Internet TV CRTC wireless code review generates regulatory risk: Desjardins analyst Why the Wireless Industry Fears Bill Transparency and Bans on Unlocking Fees (Michael Geist) Comcast, AT&T Are Paying Minority Groups To Support Killing Net Neutrality Wyden, Other Senators Warn That […]
“Why Mobile Game Ads Look Nothing Like the Game” (Motherboard)
Hi all, I came across an article which makes an interesting addendum to the topic on which I presented last week: “Why Mobile Game Ads Look Nothing Like the Game” (Motherboard). As the title implies, it focuses on ads for mobile games (on TV and elsewhere), and has more of an American perspective than our […]
“Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds – New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason”
Hello everyone, Here’s a very intriguing article from The New Yorker about information processing and human perception. I suspect that many of you will find this piece interesting and (perhaps more importantly) enjoyable to read. The author relates modern phenomena (e.g. fake news) to key developments in our ancient past, with references to a variety […]
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