OTTAWA – Telesat has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to offer its global, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation to the U.S, market.
The global satellite operator…
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MONTREAL – Yann Paquet has been promoted to VP of Quebecor Content while Martin Picard has taken on the new VP role at TVA Group as part of a…
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OTTAWA – Former Corus exec Sylvie Courtemanche is joining the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) as its new chair, replacing the retiring Andrée Noël.
Courtemanche (pictured) was most recently a…
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TORONTO – Production exec Carol Commisso is the new vice-president of development at Halfire Entertainment.
An industry veteran, Commisso (pictured) was the production executive for original scripted programming at Rogers Media…
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DENVER – For the cable industry, collecting network and customer data is not the problem. The real issue is making sense of all the…
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DENVER –Racing to deliver symmetrical multi-gigabit speeds over its HFC networks, the cable industry is moving quickly to craft a next-gen version of its DOCSIS broadband standard for introduction…
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MONTREAL and TORONTO – BCE Inc. announced late Monday it will acquire Canadian security company AlarmForce Industries in a transaction valued at approximately $166 million.
The move will bring…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. last week announced its fourth quarter revenue increased by 1.1%, to reach $578.5 million, driven by growth of 1.4% in its Communications segment.
That was…
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TORONTO – Theatre chain Cineplex has announced a three-year sponsorship agreement that will bring Sunday Night Football and the Super Bowl live to Cineplex theatres across Canada.
In addition…
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TORONTO – Ontario’s public broadcaster TVO said Friday it will introduce two new Ontario Hubs by January 2018 “to expand its balanced, in-depth regional journalism across the province,”…
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