LONDON – The UK government has endorsed Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) as the primary means of migrating from analogue to digital radio, says a report released late last week.The Digital... Continue Reading
TORONTO – In an effort to shore up its carrier business, Nortel will discontinue its mobile WiMAX business and end its joint agreement with Alvarion Ltd. "We are taking rapid... Continue Reading
The Canadian Broadcast Distribution Association (CBDA) has selected the winners of this year’s CBDA Broadcast Technology Awards. S.M. Ahsanuzzaman, a fourth year electrical engineering student at the University of Toronto; Mark... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The series "Howie Do It" starring Canadian superstar Howie Mandel has been renewed for 12 additional episodes by Global Television and NBC. The hidden-camera series, shot on location... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – With the license renewal hearings for Global TV, CTV, Citytv and TVA on the horizon this spring, the CRTC said today it will now first examine the scope... Continue Reading
SASKATOON – Saskatchewan educational broadcaster SCN announced today that former marketing and communications director Ranjan Thakre has been appointed to the new position of executive director of content, effective immediately.... Continue Reading
EXTON, PA and TORONTO – The inaugural Canadian Summit of The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) will be held in at the Toronto Congress Cente next week, February 3... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Just in time for the Super Bowl, CTV said officially today it is broadcasting a high definition signal in Calgary. (Which may not be good news for fans... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CBSC said today it found nothing wrong with a sports talk radio broadcast where one commentator suggested NHL goalies could curl with fellow hockey players heads. At... Continue Reading
OTTAWA -- Canada's high-tech sector says the federal government is taking the right step by reaching for economic stimulus, but asserts that the amount of stimulation should be double what’s... Continue Reading
