TIMMINS, ON – EastLink will sink $7.5 million in to an upgrade of its network in the northern Ontario community of Timmins.In a presentation to Timmins city council earlier this... Continue Reading
REGINA – SaskTel is tacking on new charges to its customer’s wireless bills which it says will bring the company in line with “the competitive marketplace”.Starting in November, SaskTel will introduce... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Four more telemarketers have been charged by the CRTC for violating the National Do Not Call List (DNCL) rules.The Commission has fined Best Price Movers Ltd. $2,500; McTavish... Continue Reading
GENEVA – The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) wants the importance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as a cross-sectoral tool to combat climate change to be recognized in the upcoming Copenhagen Agreement.The... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – The new area code 579 will be introduced in the territory served by the 450 code in Quebec beginning next August.The CRTC made the decision to respond to high... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Corus Entertainment is pulling the plug on its Discovery Kids channel effective November 1st, the company told investors Tuesday morning.Corus president and CEO John Cassaday said that the... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Thanks to the recent edict from the federal government telling the CRTC it must hold a public hearing into the fee for carriage issue (even though the Regulator... Continue Reading
THE BIG BROADCASTERS and BDUs fought this, but by September 14th, those companies had to file their aggregate financial data from their 2008 fiscal years with the Commission.On the weekend,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CTV has re-launched its website to allow for simplified navigation and to provide additional opportunities for users to interact with the content on their own terms.Audiences will now... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Negative comments about person with a disability made during the morning show on Toronto’s CFNY-FM (102.1 The Edge), violated the equitable portrayal code, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council... Continue Reading
