TORONTO – Rogers can move forward with its $425 million purchase of Atria Networks after receiving approval of the deal from the Competition Bureau.
Kitchener-based Atria owns one of Ontario’s largest…
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BANFF – The Banff World Television Festival has been renamed the Banff World Media Festival after formalizing a partnership with the nextMEDIA digital media conference.
Organizers say that the festival’s new name…
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EXTON, PA – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is planning to revamp the structure of its board of directors.
In a note to members this week, the SCTE noted that…
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ENGLEWOOD, CO – A month after allowing customers to watch live TV on their Apple iPads, Dish Network has extended the same courtesy to customers with the higher-pixel…
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SCHAUMBURG and LIBERTYVILLE, IL – Motorola has officially split into two companies – one aimed at large businesses and government agencies, and the other geared towards consumer-oriented products like cellphones.
Motorola Solutions and…
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GLOBAL UNIT SHIPMENTS of personal video recorder (PVR) products set a new record in 2009, and are well on their way to eclipsing that record this year, according to…
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WASHINGTON, D.C – The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is behind a new consumer-oriented website that launched this week touting television’s new technologies and services, underlined by the need for…
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OTTAWA – A news report that speculated that the sole survivor of a fatal traffic accident would also “likely die” did not breach any broadcast codes, according to the…
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TORONTO – Canadian viewers will get a sneak peek into new channel OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network starting this Friday, two months prior to its scheduled launch.
OWN will officially debut…
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TORONTO – HGTV Canada is kicking off 2011 with a multi-platform image campaign celebrating winter and a new season of programming.
Targeting Adults 25-54, the national campaign, with emphasis in…
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