WINNIPEG – Just in time for Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg, Shaw Communications said that it will be providing residents and visitors with free access to Shaw Go WiFi…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) has finalized a master affiliate agreement for the distribution of Ride TV, a programming service devoted exclusively to the horse…
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OTTAWA – Despite a near limitless amount of choice of online audio choices, YouTube remains the most popular way that Canadian consumers listen to online audio, says a new…
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EDMONTON – Super Channel has acquired the dark comedy Get Shorty from MGM Television.
Based in part on the 1990 best-selling novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard, the ten-episode…
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VANCOUVER and NEW YORK – Telus has tapped U.S. content-management service provider Mediamorph to help streamline its contract management and programmer fee calculations in Canada’s à la carte TV…
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TORONTO – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) has reached a tentative agreement for the renewal of their National Commercial Agreement (NCA) with advertisers.
The current…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications has 26,000 employees and about one third of those are front line staffers who deal with the customer all day, every day.
In his first 13…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC is calling for comments on wholesale mobile wireless roaming as it prepares to reconsider its March decision that set the final terms and conditions…
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New president and CEO Natale “extremely excited” about company’s future
TORONTO – A surge in new wireless customers buoyed second quarter profits and revenues at Rogers Communications, the company announced Thursday.
For…
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OTTAWA and TORONTO – Members of Canada’s screen-based media industries expressed cautious optimism towards this week’s three new CRTC appointments, though reiterated their call for Commissioners with backgrounds…
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