CALGARY – Shaw intends to purchase for cancellation 1.5 million of its outstanding Class B non-voting participating shares for an aggregate purchase price of almost $28 million.This represents approximately 0.36% of... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Ericsson and Kapsch CarrierCom AG have jointly purchased Nortel Network’s GSM wireless technology business for US$103 million in cash.Approximately 680 Nortel employees will receive offers of employment from... Continue Reading
MISSISSAUGA – Nearly 1,600 client care workers at Bell Mobility in Mississauga will be voting on union representation next week.The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, which already represents almost 25,000... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The CRTC has dismissed a complaint made against Bell TV by Quebecor Media Inc. over the way the DTH provider is combatting signal theft.In a complaint dated March 23, 2009,... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Now that Telus and Bell also operate HSPA wireless networks, too, Rogers Communications can’t call itself “Canada’s most reliable network” any more without proper qualifiers.As we reported last... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – The sale of advertising time on American cable channels, by a new third-party company, can help fix what ails the broadcasting system, says former Canadian Association of Broadcasters... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters inducted eight people into its Hall of Fame, it was announced today, calling them “a diverse mix of industry experts who have made... Continue Reading
I HAVE READ WITH interest the astonishing assertion by Glenn O’Farrell that he should be allowed to poach local avails and direct the money, “wherever it is needed.” (See "Avail sales... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The high definition television subscribers of Bell TV say they love their nature and sports channels, according to a new Angus Reid survey done for independent broadcaster High... Continue Reading
CAMPBELL RIVER, BC – Telus TV has arrived to challenge the television provider incumbents in more five more communities in British Columbia and Alberta.Over the last week, the telco has... Continue Reading
