YEARS AGO, WHEN MICROSOFT launched the Xbox gaming platform, a long-time cable engineer I know told me something like "there’s your future set top box."
At the time, I…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications founder and CEO Ted Rogers said Monday his company was approached by at least some off the private equity players looking to take Bell Canada…
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OTTAWA – Quebecor and MTS Allstream are not alone among telecom and cable firms in their desire for a wireless spectrum auction that would shackle the "big three" mobile…
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KELOWNA – The CommTech trade show and seminars, which will begin tomorrow in Kelowna at the Coast Capri Hotel is bigger and better than last year.
Forty-three companies have…
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TORONTO – Billing it as Canada’s first "self-personalizing" home page, mysportsnet.ca is just about set for release.
"Mysportsnet.ca will revolutionize how users of the web manipulate their personal content,"…
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TORONTO – CTAM Canada is hosting a night at the ballpark May 29th when the Toronto Blue Jays play host to the New York Yankees.
The guest speaker for…
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TORONTO – Tom Hastings has been hired as executive in charge of production for TV Drama, Arts & Entertainment at the CBC. He started last week.
He comes to…
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HALIFAX – Bragg Communications and Amtelecom Income Fund said Friday that more than 90% of the outstanding units of the fund have been tendered to Bragg Communications’ $104 million…
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TORONTO – Ethnic video streamer JumpTV has launched a live chat feature on all of its live channels and pay per view events broadcast on JumpTV.com. The new chat…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – SeaChange will supply Canadian Cable Systems Alliance member companies with video on demand systems in an exclusive deal between the manufacturer and the buying group.
"We’re…
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