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Shortly after the online movie rental company Netflix said it would begin offering service north of the border, one of Canada’s largest Internet providers sliced the amount of data its subscribers can download each month.

On July 21, two days after Netflix announced it would offer a Canadian version of its wildly popular and industry-disrupting service starting in the fall, Rogers Communications Inc. changed two of its Internet plans: While prices are not dropping, new users of Rogers “lite” and “extreme” Internet service now have a stricter download limit.

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Cable Giants Subvert Canadians' Desire for Accountability Re: Community Channels

Ottawa (May 6, 2010) Instead of explaining to Canadians why they have closed community TV channels across the country and converted these public-service channels into branded business divisions, Canada's largest BDUs are subverting Canadians' desire for accountability, said the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS).

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Rogers’ Testimony at Community TV Hearings Conflicts with Testimony of Ordinary Canadians

Ottawa (May 4/2010) In its presentation before the CRTC yesterday as part of the seven-day hearing into the future of community television, Rogers made several key statements that conflict with the testimony of previous witnesses.

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MORE THAN 2,560 CANADIANS SUPPORT COMMUNITY-CONTROLLED MEDIA


Ottawa (3 February 2010) - More than 2,560 Canadians have written the CRTC to let communities control community-based media, says the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Status (CACTUS). The comments are now part of the CRTC’s online and written public record for its 2010 review of community television.

"Parliament decided that community broadcasting comprises one of three elements of Canada’s broadcasting system," said CACTUS spokesperson Cathy Edwards. "But where private companies control private TV, radio and cable, and a public corporation runs the CBC, community TV is run by private cable companies. This might have been appropriate forty years ago, when broadcasting technology was expensive and cable companies were community-based – but times have changed. The CRTC should let cable companies focus on their core businesses.”

Cross sector study takes the pulse of civil society concerning media issues.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 25, 2010