Bad news for sports fans is good news for advertisers
With less than a month until Super Bowl LIV, football fans are looking forward to the big game. In a playoff season that has seen some serious upsets (The Patriots going down to the Titans sure surprised me), the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in Bell Canada v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 66 added another variable for Canadian sports fans to consider. Even the least football-conscious Canadians are probably aware that, along with the championship game, one of the Super Bowl’s major draws is the panoply of high-profile, exciting, and very expensive commercials that accompany the game. However, ... [more] Full article
Not Disclosing Additional Fees Triggers $4.5 Million Fine for Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster L.L.C., TNow Entertainment Group, Inc. and Ticketmaster Canada LP have settled the lawsuit brought by the Canadian Competition Bureau that alleged that Ticketmaster’s advertised prices were deceptive because consumers ... [more] Full article
Court orders release of consumer complaints about Bell’s marketing practices
The Federal Court of Canada has ordered the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) to release consumer complaints about Bell’s alleged deceptive marketing practices to the Competition Bureau. The ... [more] Full article
Ticketmaster Scalper Bots Did Not Contravene Competition Act
In response to an expose into scalper bots, the Competition Bureau investigated whether scalper bots contravened the deceptive marketing practices, restrictive trade practices, and conspiracy provisions of the Competition Act. Scalper ... [more] Full article