Greg O'Brien, Author at Cartt.ca

January 11, 2012 14 years ago

Canadian series ‘Endgame’ debuts on Hulu

VANCOUVER – Canadian crime drama series Endgame premiered for U.S. audiences this week on Hulu and the Hulu Plus subscription service. Produced by Thunderbird Films in association with Front Street… Continue Reading

January 11, 2012 14 years ago

BlackBerry turns on hidden FM receivers in select devices

LAS VEGAS – Research In Motion has flipped the switch on the FM radio receivers built in to some of its BlackBerry smart phones. RIM president and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis… Continue Reading

January 11, 2012 14 years ago

CMF adds new director of marketing, communications

TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has announced Maurice Boucher as its director of marketing and communications. Boucher has worked in marketing and communications for over 20 years including… Continue Reading

January 11, 2012 14 years ago

Rogers taps Cisco for cloud-based Videoscape technology

LAS VEGAS – Rogers Communications will be one of the first service providers to use Cisco’s Videoscape TV platform to deliver their next-generation video services. Videoscape, unveiled Tuesday at the Consumer… Continue Reading

January 11, 2012 14 years ago

CW picks up Canadian series ‘The L.A. Complex’

TORONTO – American network The CW has picked up the original Canadian series The L.A. Complex. Written and directed by Canadian Martin Gero and produced by Toronto’s Epitome Pictures, the… Continue Reading

January 11, 2012 14 years ago

Shaw Direct adds NBA League Pass

CALGARY – Shaw Direct customers can now sign up for NBA League Pass to catch every dribble and pass from up to 100 out-of-market NBA games each month. The service… Continue Reading

January 11, 2012 14 years ago

Stingray signs global content agreement with EMI Music

LAS VEGAS – Stingray Digital has signed a content agreement with EMI Music for access to its library of music and concert videos. The content, which includes material from artists… Continue Reading

January 11, 2012 14 years ago

Telus, Huawei partner on cloud computing research lab in Ottawa

OTTAWA – The new Huawei-Telus Innovation Centre for Enterprise Cloud Services will be unveiled Thursday at Carleton University in Ottawa. Located in Carleton’s new engineering building, the lab will be… Continue Reading

January 11, 2012 14 years ago

Nikitopoulos heads up new revenue, strategy team at Rogers Media

TORONTO – Rogers Media has named Christos Nikitopoulos as vice-president of revenue planning and strategy, effective immediately. Nikitopoulos was most recently VP of sports at Shaw Media, and VP of… Continue Reading

January 11, 2012 14 years ago

Consumer group OpenMedia.ca joins call for set asides in 700 MHz auction

VANCOUVER – The new wireless companies in Canada appear to have an ally in OpenMedia.ca after the consumer group kicked off a new campaign Wednesday dubbed 'Stop the Cell… Continue Reading