MONTREAL – Videotron is opening a new client contact centre in the picturesque community of Joliette, about 70 km northeast of Montreal, which it says will create 271 full time... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Sports and entertainment company Insight Sports staged a “management buyout” of some of its assets, plus undertook a corporate restructuring of its event, web and broadcast properties. Kevin... Continue Reading
Marketers and advertisers have a new way to reach mobile audiences, courtesy of another emerging market trend credited to the Apple iPhone – the debut of the iPhone Apps store. According... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Canadian production company who brought us prime time TV fare like Project Runway Canada, Canadian Idol, and Deal or No Deal Canada, has launched its own product... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Current economic uncertainty caused national radio sales to dip by 5% in the second quarter of 2009, reports Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS). Telecommunications spending in the quarter was... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Characterizing the results as "solid", Shaw Communications today announced second quarter fiscal 2009 subscriber results that saw digital television subscriber growth rise by more than double as compared... Continue Reading
ENGLEWOOD, CO – U.S. satellite services company EchoStar has added spacecraft command and control services for the international commercial satellite industry to its list of services. The company said that... Continue Reading
ALEXANDRIA, VA – According to new research from the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM), cable's broadband and television services are well positioned to weather the economic storm. The... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Perhaps in preparation for its Olympic Game coverage next year, CTV has lined up an “unparalleled” broadcast plan for the 2009 Juno Awards on Sunday, offering coverage across... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Canada’s most famous ‘hosers’, Bob and Doug McKenzie, are planning a return to television as part of a new animated series on Global aptly entitled Bob & Doug.... Continue Reading