TORONTO – Canadians still love their smart phones, tablets and e-readers, but are spending less time using them, according to a new study by Ipsos Reid.
The spring 2012 wave…
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HALIFAX – DHX Media is buying Cookie Jar Entertainment in a $111 million deal that will result in Canada's largest children's entertainment company.
The two program distributors said Monday that the combined…
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“ONLY IN CANADA” were the three words I couldn’t get out of my head while reading Corus Entertainment’s application to the CRTC to change the Nature of Service (NOS)…
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TORONTO – While Canadians do more things online more often every day – from playing games and streaming movies to making social media updates and downloading music – they…
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TORONTO – Blue Ant Media said Friday that it has entered into an agreement to purchase digital specialty channel bold from the CBC.
Financial terms were not disclosed, and the transaction…
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PERHAPS WE’RE DIGGING too hard but we wonder if, in approving the sale of Leafs TV, Gol TV and NBA TV on Thursday, the CRTC is sending a…
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THESE CRTC HEARINGS INTO big acquisitions have simply become giant public negotiating exercises where a lot of dirty laundry is aired in public by those who feel they’ve been…
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WATERLOO – Barrington Broadcasting Group and Time Warner Cable News have selected cellular newsgathering products from Canadian manufacturer Dejero for several of their cable channels.
“Time Warner Cable News and…
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TORONTO – TVO is launching a free Android app for Google TV this week.
The app in addition to a Google TV set top device will allow viewers to stream TVO programs…
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QUEBEC CITY – Coopérative de Câblodistribution de L'Arrière Pays (CCAP) is implementing cloud-delivered switched digital video (SDV) in an effort to offer more HD channels and IP-based interactive video…
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