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"TURN IT DOWN!" - The CRTC publishes final regulations requiring Canadian broadcasters and distributors to control the loudness of TV commercials by September 1, 2012.
May 14th, 2012

In response to a steady increase in the number of complaints from Canadians over loud ads, the regulator of broadcast television in Canada, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (“CRTC”), on September 13, 2011, announced that broadcasters must control the loudne... Read more »

What's The Deal?
May 11th, 2012

From Canada and the US to China and France, industry wide activity has been stretching globally. AMC Entertainment, one of the largest theatre chains in North America, is in talks to sell the company to Wanda Group, owner of one of the largest theatre chains in China (Click here for more detail... Read more »

Jim Russell Rocks the Cover of Lexpert
April 20th, 2012

Jim Russell, a partner in the  Entertainment Law Group in the Heenan Blaikie Toronto office (and all-around awesome guy), is featured in the cover story of the April 2012 edition of Lexpert magazine. In the piece titled "Advising for the Digital Revolution", Jim discusses how the grow... Read more »

OBA EM&C Luminary Lunch: Richard Stursberg and The Tower of Babble
April 20th, 2012

The Ontario Bar Association's Entertainment, Media and Communications Law Section is hosting its 2012 Luminary Lunch on Wednesday, May 2.  The featured speaker will be Richard Stursberg, who will be discussing his new book The Tower of Babble: Sins, Secrets and Successes Inside the CBC.  T... Read more »

The CRTC stands down on OTT programming services
April 18th, 2012

In a brief half-page letter issued on April 16, 2012, the CRTC has concluded that it will not conduct a second fact-finding exercise on the impact of over-the-top (OTT) programming services (e.g. Netflix) on the Canadian broadcasting system. This is a change of course for the CRTC:&nb... Read more »

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