TORONTO - Rogers Communications rolled out a $900 million senior notes offering on Wednesday.The notes are priced at $999.45 per $1,000 principal amount, for an effective yield of 4.707% per annum... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Internet movie subscription service Netflix launched in Canada on Wednesday morning with a streaming-only service priced at $7.99 a month.As part of the launch, Netflix also announced Canadian... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – TV viewers could soon have another children’s channel added to their dials.The CRTC approved TVO Kids+ on Wednesday, a national, English-language Category 2 specialty station aimed at “young... Continue Reading
TORONTO and MONTREAL – CBC and Astral are joining various cultural organizations across the country to celebrate the arts and cultural life of their communities.The inaugural Culture Days weekend will run... Continue Reading
REGINA – SaskTel subsidiary DirectWest is spearheading Saskatchewan’s first on-line group buying service called mysaskdeals.com. With help from local Saskatoon software company VendAsta, DirectWest said that the new site offers... Continue Reading
PRINCE RUPERT, BC – CityWest Cable and Telephone has flipped the switch on its first private gigabit network, which it hopes will serve as a pilot project for its new service Northwest... Continue Reading
HALIBURTON, ON - Haliburton Broadcasting Group has picked up three more radio stations in Ontario. The company told Cartt.ca on Wednesday that it has finalized deals to buy the Stratford... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Shaw’s application to buy Canwest excludes Canadians with disabilities, according to Media Access Canada (MAC).MAC, the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians, the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association and... Continue Reading
WE’RE NOT USED TO what we saw Tuesday. When Shaw Communications appears before the CRTC, we more often than not witness quarrelsome company executives facing off against sometimes testy commissioners.We... Continue Reading
MARKHAM – Broadcasters will be offered a sneak peak at the new Canadian Association of Radio Broadcasters (CARB) when former CAB chair Elmer Hildebrand keynotes the annual general meeting of the... Continue Reading
