WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF Voice over IP (VoIP) as a mainstay in business communications systems, the benefits of IP-based communications are now being extended to mobile devices through mobile…
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TORONTO – The legal battles continue to rage at the defunct Look Communications.
The company said Wednesday that it has issued a statement of claim in the Ontario Superior Court…
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TORONTO – Canadian digital media distribution company Yangaroo said that it has reached a “major milestone” after delivering over 2000 music videos on its proprietary digital media distribution system…
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KELOWNA – Shaw Media-owned Global Okanagan is reprising its hour-long suppertime news show starting next Monday.
The re-launched CHBC NEWS @ 5, helmed by long-time anchor and producer Rick Webber,…
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CITING THE NEED FOR increased competition, the European Union has announced plans to cut prices for data roaming.
According to a report in the Globe and Mail, the European…
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TORONTO – Broadcast executive Tony Burman is returning to Canada to teach at Ryerson University where he has been named as the Velma Rogers Graham Research Chair. The former editor-in-chief…
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CONSUMER ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION OpenMedia.ca said that it will boycott the CRTC’s “controversial hearing” on over-the-top (OTT) content. That is, if the matter ever progresses to a hearing.
As Cartt.ca reported…
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TORONTO – TSN has locked up the exclusive rights to Wimbledon for the next decade.
The sports ‘caster said Wednesday that its 10-year deal, which begins in 2012, includes all…
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GATINEAU – Shaw Communications used its submission to the CRTC on 2011-344 (the Commission’s fact-finding exercise on over-the-top video) to make some very specific requests the company says will…
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MANY TAKE IT AS GOSPEL in this business that without rules to force Canadian broadcasters to make (or at least pay for) and air Canadian content, they just wouldn’t….
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