At last, the CRTC has a new Chair, Konrad von Finckenstein.
Speculation had been that it would be difficult to fill the position, given the interventionist actions by Cabinet in the last year, with an unprecedented policy direction and the over-turning of a couple decisions.
In a converged communications environment, broadcast distribution looks pretty similar to telecom.
The new Chairman’s background as the former head of the Competition Bureau would be consistent with the government’s direction to use a competition law approach to the regulation of increasingly competitive and converged markets for telecom and broadcasting.
We’ll certainly have more in the coming weeks.