NETWORK EXPANSION NEWS Launches this week: Telus continues investing in western Canada: $1 billion in B.C., $17 million more in Manitoba VANCOUVER – Following its announcement Monday of a $700... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Blue Ant Media announced today that its specialty commercial-free, HD channels HIFI, eqHD and radX will be available to Shaw Cable customers in a free preview until July... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Ontario Superior Court of Justice today approved Telus’s proposed $380 million acquisition of struggling wireless carrier Mobilicity. The court granted approval for the deal to proceed under... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – The CRTC will announce its decision on the renewal of the broadcasting licences for the CBC at 11 a.m. Tuesday morning. The most contentious issue of the hearing,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Redline Communications announced today that its rugged private wide area network system has been selected by an energy provider in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) Region to provide... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – International Datacasting Corporation announced today it has appointed new president and CEO Doug Lowther to the corporation’s board of directors. Lowther became president and CEO of IDC on... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has agreed for the first time to allowed limited advertising on CBC’s Radio 2 and Espace Musique networks. The Commission allowed the change as part of... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Canadian television production company Incendo has appointed Jean-Philippe Normandeau as the company’s chief operating officer. Normandeau previously served as general manager, financing and tax credits, at the Société... Continue Reading
BEAVERTON, ORE. – HomeGrid Forum and the HomePNA Alliance, both U.S.-based organizations promoting the home networking industry, announced today they will merge under the HomeGrid Forum name. The combined organization... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Atlantic Broadband, a subsidiary of Cogeco, announced today that it has amended its existing credit agreement. As part of the amendment, the Massachusetts-based cable company has lowered the... Continue Reading
