COMMENTARY: Telco TV toughens up

WHEN NBTEL FIRST CAME to market in 1998 with a digital TV product serving customers in Moncton and Saint John, N.B., the cable industry laughed. Sure, it was all-digital… Continue Reading

Perdue joins Channel Zero

TORONTO – Kimberley Perdue has been hired as manager of affiliate relations at Channel Zero, owner of specialty services Movieola – The Short Film Channel and Silver Screen Classics…. Continue Reading

ExpressVu adds Insights

TORONTO – GolTV Canada and World Fishing Network were launched on Bell ExpressVu today. GolTV is Canada’s first 24-hour soccer network, airing more than 1,500 matches a year, with… Continue Reading

XM brings Bullard back

TORONTO – XM Canada today hired former talk show host Mike Bullard to host a new morning show on its Canadian comedy channel, Laugh Attack. "Mike Bullard Uncensored," which… Continue Reading

BBM takes CBC’s MTM

TORONTO – BBM Analytics announced Wednesday it will assume the role of official sales and marketing partner for CBC/Radio Canada’s Media Technology Monitor (MTM). CBC/Radio-Canada’s MTM is "a comprehensive… Continue Reading

50 million set top boxes

HORSHAM, PA – In October of 1996, the first General Instrument DCT 1000 was shipped to its first customer. This month, Motorola, which bought GI (which was once Jerrold)… Continue Reading