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net neutrality
October 21, 2009

CRTC Proves Again That It Is Useless

Once again, the CRTC has proven that it is a useless organization, stuck in the dark ages. The CRTC announced today that it will not support Net Neutrality proponents and WILL allow companies like Bell and Rogers to throttle Internet traffic. This is a dark day for Canada’s future as a leader in the digital space. More from the CRTC site and an opinion update […]

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April 21, 2009

Cons To Fill A Black (Media) Hole?

In this snapshot of international advertising forecasts from emarketer , it’s predicted that the average volume of advertising in Canada will drop as little as 2.5% in 2009, but if you look at global numbers (towards the end of the article), advertising around the world will drop anywhere from 6 to 10%. As an aside, that could be as much as $50 billion in lost […]

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April 15, 2009

Ottawa Looking to Fund Partisan Propaganda

The folks in Ottawa have been dying to figure out an ‘innovative’ way to bail out Canada’s biggest media companies (besides the CBC, of course) without creating a massive voter backlash.  With that in mind, another hairbrained scheme has materialized:  spending taxpayer money on advertising (story details are pasted below). The absurdity of this plan is laughable for a number of reasons: I normally try […]