MONTREAL – Bell Canada parent BCE has finalized the sale of its 22.1 million shares in satellite services company SkyTerra Communications for approximately $111 million.The company said Tuesday that the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – TSN Mobile is hitting the links.The sports channel has launched an iPhone, iPad and iPod touch application specifically for The Masters to offer users access to exclusive Canadian live streaming... Continue Reading
TORONTO - CTV and Discovery Communications Inc. (DCI) have extended their Discovery Canada joint venture to include the English-language broadcast rights in Canada for programming from U.S. networks Discovery Channel,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - CRTC audits of the community channels operated by some of Canada’s biggest cable companies show “numerous abuses”, according to the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Fans of Showcase hits Trailer Park Boys, Kenny vs. Spenny and the gaming comedy Pure Pwnage, can now purchase and download episodes from the iTunes Store in Canada.The... Continue Reading
TORONTO – After officially opening its doors on April 1st, the Canada Media Fund (CMF) will stage information sessions across Canada to further explain its new funding guidelines and answer... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Canadian telecommunications company Intercable has lined up a temporary overdraft bridge facility of two million Euros (approximately $2.75 million) for its subsidiary Intercable Africa Ltd. (ICA).Repayable on May... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Shaw Direct has become one of the first BDUs to offer Yoopa, the newly-launched French language children’s channel owned by TVA."Shaw is proud to offer new French programming... Continue Reading
AS MOBILE subscribers take to smart phone apps in rapidly increasing numbers, Apple’s dominance of application download rates is only half the story, according to market research firm In-Stat.While Apple... Continue Reading
AS OF YESTERDAY, there were 17 months left for Canada to make the transition from analog over-the-air TV broadcasting to digital. Given the lack of action so far, hitting the... Continue Reading
