Telecommunications & Broadcasting

Whether you are a carrier, reseller, Internet service provider, wireless service provider (WSP), broadcaster, digital media provider, cable and satellite company, M2M provider or telecommunications and radiocommunication equipment manufacturer, rely on our strategic advice and assistance, including advice on market entry requirements, operating a telecommunications business in Canada and the rules relating to regulated and unregulated telecommunications markets. We advise on a broad range of issues affecting digital media companies, including website content and terms of use, advertising rules, privacy and data security requirements, anti-spam rules, and government requests for user data as reflected in production, retention, preservation and interception (or “wiretap”) orders.

Our team knows the industry players and the regulators: we regularly appear before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and routinely assist clients in proceedings initiated by the federal Department of Industry (Industry Canada), the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canadian Copyright Board and other federal government departments and agencies.

We also provide assistance on Canada’s broadcasting foreign ownership rules, establishing a broadcasting business in Canada and the regulatory framework applicable to cable companies, DTH providers, over-the-air radio and television stations, specialty and pay TV cable channels and digital media creators.