TORONTO – The same day that struggling Nortel Networks reported a net loss of more than double that from the same period last year, president and CEO Mike Zafirovski…
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TORONTO – Consultations around the Canada Media Fund (CMF) will be ongoing forever, and any issues not captured in its inaugural guidelines could be incorporated later, Canadian Television Fund…
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MONTREAL – Quebec MSO Videotron showed ongoing growth among cable TV, internet and voice over IP phone customers in the second quarter of 2009, ended June 30th, the company…
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OTTAWA – Bell Canada’s application to the Federal Court of Appeal over the Commission’s fee-for-carriage decision, as reported by Cartt.ca this morning, has led to a week’s delay…
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HAMILTON – Independent cableco Source Cable will be adding seven new high definition channels to its lineup as of September 1st.
They are:
o MPIX HDo TSN 2 HDo…
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ST. JOHN’s – EastLink said today that it has been selected to move into negotiations with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to build the fibre network portion of…
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HALIFAX – Today at noon, Halifax listeners discovered a new radio station, LITE 92.9 FM, a new Rogers Broadcasting launch.
Featured artists include Michael Buble, Elton John, Beyonce, Fleetwood Mac,…
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OTTAWA – In less than 24 months, the CRTC has gone from telling the industry there isn’t enough evidence to allow local broadcasters to charge BDUs for their signals,…
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TORONTO – Canwest Broadcasting said today it has hired Brad Kubota as vice-president, Global BC sales, effective September 1st, 2009.
"Brad is quite simply one of the best in the…
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EXTON, Pa. And TORONTO – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers is seeking proposals for technical sessions that will be conducted during SCTE Canadian Summit 2010, which is set…
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