OTTAWA – The CRTC has turned down YTV’s request to remove percentages relating to programming for specific age groups, and to lessen the restriction around airing feature films in…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC is asking for comments on a revision to its licensing framework for over-the-air digital television (DTV) services.
The current policy requires transitional licences for DTV undertakings,…
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OTTAWA – Employees at Canwest should not be made to suffer because of “financial problems that are of the company’s own making”, says the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union…
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TORONTO – CBC Radio One maintained its top position in the lucrative markets of Toronto and Vancouver for the S3 period, but just barely.
According to BBM’s top-line results for…
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TORONTO – Rogers Wireless has launched a mobile device with software designed for consumers who are blind or living with vision loss.
The Nokia E71 is pre-loaded with TALKS, Nuance’s…
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CALGARY – Veteran Canadian media executive Kevin Shea has joined MoboVivo’s inaugural board of directors.
Shea, who currently serves as chair of the Ontario Media Development Corporation and is a…
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MONTREAL – Bell is launching its new HSPA network next month, months ahead of its original deadline to deliver in time for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, the…
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TORONTO – A coalition of some of Canada’s biggest TV service providers have teamed up on a campaign to tell their side of the story on the contentious issue of…
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CTAM CANANDA has scheduled its annual CTAM Summit dinner at The Cable Center in Denver on October 26, 2009.
The Cable Center chronicles the story of where cable has been, and…
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LOS ANGELES – Research In Motion (RIM) and Adobe Systems are teaming up to bring the full flash player browser runtime to BlackBerry smart phones.
RIM is joining the Open…
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