BRANDON – The final newscast of CKX-TV Brandon will happen tomorrow at 6 p.m., station owner CTVglobemedia told staff Thursday evening. Thirty-nine employees will lose their jobs.The company that had... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – APTN HD is now available to Citywest cable subscribers in the cities Terrace and Prince Rupert, B.C.APTN HD, which launched April 8, 2008, offers much of the same... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Adult specialty channel Penthouse TV will be launching on Rogers Cable next month.Offered by Ten Broadcasting, Penthouse TV features the a selection of choice adult movies from the... Continue Reading
EDMONTON – Using some of the most inflammatory language we’ve seen in a press release (invoking both a rodent and the seal hunt), supporters of pay TV service Super Channel... Continue Reading
DARTMOUTH, NS – Radio broadcaster Newfoundland Capital Corporation will ask its shareholders to approve a three for one stock split.NewCap has scheduled a meeting on November 13, 2009 at the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – MTS Allstream has bought Montreal-based VisionIP Technologies Inc. to help bolster its unified communications solutions delivery and service capabilities in Quebec.Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC is asking for comments on new draft regulations to replace its current broadcasting and telecom rules.Due to increasing convergence in the broadcasting and telecommunications services and... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Shaw Communications has announced a senior note offering of $1.25 billion which it says will be used to repay debt, and could be used for “potential acquisitions”.The senior... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Middlebrook Engineering has named Michael MacNeill as a senior network architect responsible for carrier-grade IP networks, ISP data centres and software development for provisioning, billing systems and network... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The geographical territory served by the 613 area code will get an additional area code starting next spring.Beginning May 17, 2010, area code 343 will be introduced in... Continue Reading
