PRINCE RUPERT, BC – CityWest will build a 65 km fibre-optic link between Kitimat and Terrace, the final phase of its ‘Kitimat upgrade project’ announced in January. Local cable infrastructure... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Avalite Inc., the former Ramtelecom, reported a net loss of $1.81 million for its second quarter ended June 30, 2009.Cash flow for the period was $698,202 with working... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Toronto Sun is reporting that a dozen employees have been cut from Toronto-based talk radio station CFRB.The cuts were made to producers, news-staffers and on-air personalities at the Astral-owned... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - Canwest Broadcasting has aligned its sales representation for its conventional and specialty stations in the US under one firm.Starting September 1st, Canadian Television Sales will expand their responsibilities... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Showcase will debut a new logo and on-air look starting Monday, and will roll out a national consumer marketing campaign promoting itself as “the home of bold hits”.Over the last... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Canadian telecom industry insider Jeff Wiener has taken the unusual step of writing to the U.S. Department of Justice to ask them to allow the acquisition of Nortel's... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC has turned down a request from Bell Canada and Bell Aliant to revoke telephone service providers’ (TSP) authority to cancel local and long-distance services with their... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Channel Zero has received CRTC approval to assume ownership of former Canwest E! stations CHCH TV Hamilton and CJNT TV Montreal.The independent specialty service operator, which owns short... Continue Reading
OAKVILLE, ON – The Weather Network is making its WeatherEye Mobile application available for Windows Mobile and Google Android.The free app, which provides weather information for over 10,000 cities worldwide,... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Astral’s French-language music channel MusiquePlus will now allocate its annual contributions in support of music video development and production to MaxFACT.MusiquePlus' annual contributions match 3.4% of the previous... Continue Reading
