MONTREAL – With BCE being returned to its owners (the thousands of common shareholders), the company today announced plans to "return value" to those shareholders with a reinstated common…
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TORONTO and VANCOUVER – Shaw Cable customers in Sportsnet’s Pacific and West regions will now get more programming in HD.
Shaw launched the regional Sportsnet HD channel feeds in…
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WINNIPEG – SaskTel has reached 500,000 wireless accesses in Saskatchewan.
The company announced that a SaskTel customer activated the 500,000th wireless device on their digital network in late November, and…
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TORONTO – Independent all-high definition Canadian broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV today announced the new HD Nature & Adventure Package has been launched on Rogers Digital Cable in Ontario.
The…
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TORONTO – Shortly after midnight, the companies which had been looking to buy BCE issued a press release saying that the agreement to acquire the big telco by a…
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TORONTO – Shortly after midnight this morning the companies which had been looking to buy BCE issued a press release saying that the agreement to acquire the big telco…
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WATERLOO and VANCOUVER – Research In Motion (RIM) is acquiring Vancouver-based Chalk Media in an all-cash transaction for $23 million.
Chalk is the developer of Mobile chalkboard application, which…
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CALGARY – Star Choice has added The Big Ten Network to its sports lineup.
The U.S.-based network covers the Big Ten Conference and its 11 member institutions, like Michigan…
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TORONTO – The Television Bureau of Canada (TVB) has announced their 2009 board of directors.
Along with TVB president Theresa Treutler, the board’s executive committee is:
Rita Fabian, Chair,…
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TORONTO – Rogers has received CRTC approval to launch a local, 24-hour news channel in the Greater Toronto Area.
Programming for the new channel will consist of local news, traffic,…
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