I thought it might be interesting to see what caught my readers’ eyes this year.
Looking at the analytics, these 5 days stood out in driving traffic spikes:
- September 23, the day after I wrote “Nobody wins in challenge of CRTC authority” about the Netflix – CRTC showdown
- April 24, when I asked “Did Privacy Commissioner lose private information?“
- January 14, when I posted a summary of Deloitte’s “Predictions for 2014“
- March 18, when I posted “In case of emergency” about text with 9-1-1
- February 19, when I posted a “Differential analysis” on the 700MHz auction
Interestingly, these were not necessarily the most viewed blog posts over the course of the year. These 5 had the most individual page views:
- “Nobody wins in challenge of CRTC authority” [September 22]
- “In case of emergency” [March 18]
- “CRTC takes to Twitter to #TalkTV” [February 21]
- “Did Privacy Commissioner lose private information?” [April 24]
- “Driving down domestic roaming” [March 31]
The “CRTC takes to Twitter to #TalkTV” post starts with an observation about one of the February 19 Twitter interactions between CRTC Chair JP Blais and a citizen who asked if the Commission has the jurisdiction to regulate Netflix. The Chair responded “I don’t want to debate jurisdiction online. See section 4(2) of the Broadcasting Act.”
As I wrote at the time “It would seem reasonable for a āconversation with Canadiansā to be able to get a straight answer to a pretty basic question: In the view of the Chairman of the CRTC, does the Commission have the jurisdiction to regulate Netflix?”
In hindsight, that interaction foreshadowed one of the most memorable CRTC appearances – an appearance that has been struck from the record.
Thank you for following and engaging. As I wrote last week, let me wish all of you the best in the year ahead.