To find success in the communications and media sectors—locally, regionally or globally—you need a partner who understands the pace of change in the industry and knows the decision- and policy-makers who matter.

Dentons has the sectoral experience and fully integrated team to help you navigate the policy and regulatory issues in this fast-moving industry involving:

• Traditional radio and television broadcast media
• Retransmitters (DTH/DBS, cable, SMATV, IPTV)
• Video-on-demand, gaming and other content providers
• Carriers, resellers, MVNO and VoIP providers
• Satellite operators, broadband and Internet access providers
• Equipment manufacturers

Our seasoned advocates and regulatory specialists deliver seamless, effective advice, including:

• Advocating for legislative or policy changes through legislative, government relations and public consultation processes, including copyright, competition, antitrust and foreign ownership matters
• Advising on spectrum allocations, spectrum auctions, domestic licensing and approvals, access to support structures and rights-of-way, local land-use and other, relevant regulatory matters
• Assessing and responding to regulatory and policy initiatives and damaging decisions
• Designing compliance programs for human safety standards, anti-corruption, import and export controls, privacy, public safety requirements, and network and national security requirements
• Securing governmental, regulatory, competition and antitrust law clearances in connection with mergers, acquisitions, public offerings, financings and infrastructure projects, and public-private partnership (P3) projects

Insights

Regulating online platforms in the EU: A beginners’ guide

December 15, 2023

Europe: The regulation of online platforms is a growing trend in the EU, and along with it comes an alphabet soup of acronyms.

Canada's Online Streaming Act receives Royal Assent: Implications and next steps

May 1, 2023

The Broadcasting Act has been amended to clarify that it applies to online streaming and on-demand services and to add online undertakings as a distinct class of broadcasting undertaking subject to regulation by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

Online platforms’ regulatory trends to watch in 2022: New obligations on the horizon for media services

January 17, 2022

In recent years, services and media content available online have evolved and proliferated to a point where governments around the world are now seeking to subject them to more detailed and comprehensive regulation. These are invariably attempts to catch up with current technologies and business models, and establish regimes that will better stand the test of time. Canada’s efforts are playing out in proposed amendments to the Broadcasting Act and the Copyright Act.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Zdeněk Kučera and his TMT team join Dentons in Prague

March 1, 2022

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its capabilities in the technology and communications sectors with the recruitment of Zdeněk Kučera as a partner and Head of the Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) group in Prague. He joins with his team of three associates: Štěpánka Havlíková, Blanka Crháková and Jiří Maršál.