OTTAWA – Count the Green Party firmly on the slow and steady side of telecom regulation reform.
“A few monopolistic telecommunications firms will make out like bandits, while consumers…
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BOSTON – Toronto-founded ExtendMedia has announced it received US$12 million in venture capital funding in a Series B round led by TVM Capital. Previous investors Atlas Venture and Venrock…
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REDMOND, Wash. – As of May 7, Xbox 360 owners will be able to connect with more than 260 million Windows Live Messenger users via their game platform.
The…
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GATINEAU – Rogers Cable has asked the CRTC to consider adding College Sports Television to the list of eligible satellite services for digital distribution.
Owned by CBS, CSTV is…
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CALGARY – Nearly all Shaw Cable customers will wake up with more TV channels on Thursday morning – and with their existing ones in different places.
The company said…
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THAT SOUND YOU HEARD from Ottawa late Wednesday afternoon was that of Industry Minister Maxime Bernier jangling his keys to the shackles Canada’s incumbent telephone companies have said repeatedly…
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OTTAWA – Frank discussion on virtual sex without any viewer advisories is not a good idea at 8 a.m. on Easter Monday, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said Wednesday….
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TORONTO – The unitholders of Alliance Atlantis’ 51%-owned Movie Distribution Income Fund are going to court to attempt to block the purchase of Alliance Atlantis by Goldman Sachs…
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TORONTO –This morning, before its shareholders voted 99-plus percent in favour of the sale of the company to Goldman Sachs and CanWest Global, Alliance Atlantis said it doesn’t require…
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TORONTO – “Excellent specialty television advertising growth and solid segment profit contribution from all our divisions contributed to our strong second quarter results,” said John Cassaday, president and CEO…
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