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News Releases - 2007

21 December CRTC selects National Do Not Call List operator
20 December CRTC approves CanWest's purchase of Alliance Atlantis broadcasting companies [News release and backgrounder]
20 December CRTC grants conditional approval to a new telecommunications consumer agency [News release and backgrounder]
5 November CRTC announces changes to the public proceedings scheduled for 2008
12 October CRTC to deal with the telephone number shortage in area code 613
1 October CRTC makes public Osborne report
28 September CRTC approves Rogers Media Inc. purchase of Citytv stations [Backgrounder on the Rogers Media Inc. purchase of Citytv stations]
28 September CRTC approves Astral/Standard transaction [Backgrounder on the Astral/Standard transaction]
14 September CRTC to release decision on the Canadian Television Fund before the end of December
12 September CRTC makes public Dunbar/Leblanc report
29 August CanWest Hearing delayed due to late filing of information
22 August CRTC seeks comments on the new Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services
13 August New dialing to come in Quebec
31 July The CRTC releases its annual report on Canadian broadcasting
30 July CRTC issues Request for Proposal for National Do Not Call List
26 July The CRTC releases its 2007 telecom monitoring report
25 July CRTC deregulates first residential markets in Canada
11 July The CRTC releases financial results for the Canadian broadcasting distribution industry
3 July CRTC moves a step closer to establishing a National Do Not Call List
29 June The Task Force releases its report on the Canadian Television Fund
14 June New dialing to come in Alberta
8 June The CRTC approves the CTVglobemedia Inc. purchase of CHUM Ltd., excluding five Citytv stations [Backgrounder on the CTVglobemedia Inc./CHUM Limited transaction]
7 June New dialing to come in British Columbia
1 June CRTC denies requests by Bell Canada, Bell Aliant and TELUS on connection charges and monthly rates
25 May The CRTC announces that two steps are completed in the transaction between CanWest MediaWorks and Alliance Atlantis Communications
17 May The Commission establishes a new approach for Canadian conventional television
Backgrounder on Canadian conventional television [Information]
16 May Sales of local advertising for Canadian radio stations reach one billion dollars
2 May Canadian specialty, pay and pay-per-view television and video-on-demand services – a profitable industry
30 April The CRTC announces new pricing rules for local telephone services
13 April CRTC launches a proceeding to review the diversity of voices in the Canadian broadcasting system
4 April Statement from the Chairman of the CRTC, Konrad von Finckenstein [Forbearance]
28 March The CRTC releases its annual report on the financial situation of conventional television in Canada
27 March CRTC to deregulate local telephony in the Fort McMurray residential market
14 March Wireless number portability begins today
13 March CRTC to undertake a review of issues relating to the diversity of voices in Canada
28 February The CRTC develops an approach to implement both emergency alert services and telephone-based community notification services
20 February The CRTC creates a Task Force on the Canadian Television Fund
13 February The Chairman of the CRTC, Konrad von Finckenstein, has issued the following statement [Canadian Television Fund]
1 February Why substitute Canadian for American advertising during the Super Bowl? [Information]
27 January Konrad von Finckenstein is appointed Chairperson of the CRTC [Information]
11 January CRTC invites comments on proposals to deal with telephone number shortages in area code 403 and 780 in Alberta and 250 in British Columbia
9 January Michel Arpin is appointed Acting Chairperson of the CRTC [Information]
Date Modified: 2008-12-09

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