TORONTO - Family entertainment company Fresh TV has set up a Twitter account for one of its animated characters in an effort to help promote its new series.Penned by Fin... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Although they were hard pressed to admit it, cable operators at Wednesday’s SCTE Canadian Summit acknowledged that customer complaints to their call centres are often the best measurement of the... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Profits at Quebecor soared by almost 50% thanks in large part to the strength of its telecommunications subsidiary Videotron Ltee.Net income for the company’s fourth quarter ended December... Continue Reading
GIVEN WHAT HAS now happened since the value-for-signal/fee-for-carriage hearing, an alert reader reminded us of something CRTC commissioner Timothy Denton pondered as the folks from Shaw Communications appeared in front... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The Cable Public Affairs Channel has named Jeremy Clark as its director of network and programming operations.Effective March 15, Clark will head up CPAC’s programming department, working closely... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Rogers has started up a new customer-focused blog called ‘Rogers RedBoard’ in an effort to further connect with its customers.“RedBoard will be a place where we can talk about our... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The Moxi whole home media solution from ARRIS was named the ‘Technology Most Likely To Succeed’ at the Innovation Showcase at the SCTE Canadian Summit on Tuesday. Moxi’s... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Carolle Brabant has been promoted to executive director of Telefilm Canada.Currently the organization’s director of administration and corporate services, Brabant will take on the new role effective March... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – TVA blamed its modest fourth quarter growth on the economy and the continuing sluggish advertising market.“While we are posting positive results, the potential for future growth in advertising... Continue Reading
ALMOST FOUR IN FIVE people around the world believe that access to the Internet is a fundamental right, according to a poll for the BBC World Service.The survey, conducted by... Continue Reading