July 9, 2015 10 years ago

Hamilton to head up Canadian TV business for Entertainment One

TORONTO – Former Corus Entertainment exec Jocelyn Hamilton has been named as president, Canada at eOne Television. Effective September 8, 2015, Hamilton (pictured) will lead strategic planning and day-to-day management of… Continue Reading

July 9, 2015 10 years ago

Openface helps power Montreal Wi-Fi project

MONTREAL – Openface Internet has been tapped as the main bandwidth provider for the MTLWiFi project, an initiative to provides free public wireless Internet access in… Continue Reading

July 9, 2015 10 years ago

Sandvine sees Q2 profits tumble 32%

WATERLOO, ON – Second quarter profits at Sandvine dropped 32% while revenues dipped 4% for the period ended May 31, 2015. Net income fell to $3.0 million from $4.4 million… Continue Reading

July 9, 2015 10 years ago

Nick Crowe joins Alibi Entertainment

TORONTO – Alibi Entertainment has named Nick Crowe as executive producer. Crowe (pictured) comes from Shaw Media where he was director of original factual content for brands including History, Slice,… Continue Reading

July 9, 2015 10 years ago

BC’s Kootenays next for high-speed Internet

CRANBROOK, BC – British Columbia’s Kootenay region is next in line for funding to improve high speed Internet services. Columbia Basin Trust will receive $3.34 million through the federal government’s Continue Reading

July 8, 2015 10 years ago

Corus elevates Sisam to GM for Corus Radio Toronto, Hamilton

TORONTO – Corus Entertainment has promoted Chris Sisam to general manager for Corus Radio Toronto and Hamilton, effective immediately. In this new role, Sisam (pictured) will provide leadership and direction… Continue Reading

July 8, 2015 10 years ago

Rdio unveils new stations curated by record labels, influencers

SAN FRANCISCO – Digital music service Rdio has launched a new group of curated stations from some of the most iconic and prolific labels in Canada and across the… Continue Reading

July 8, 2015 10 years ago

U.S. TV retransmission fees to top $10B in next six years: SNL Kagan

MONTEREY, CA – U.S. TV station owners' retransmission fees are expected to reach $10.3 billion by 2021, versus the projected level of $6.3 billion this year, according to projections… Continue Reading

July 8, 2015 10 years ago

Sports veteran Rick Brace tapped as president of Rogers’ media business unit

TORONTO – Former Bell Media exec Rick Brace has been named as the new president of Rogers’ media business unit. Brace, pictured, succeeds Keith Pelley who has served as president… Continue Reading

July 7, 2015 10 years ago

Improved high-speed Internet coming to Nova Scotia, Nunavut

TRURO, NS and ARVIAT, NU – Nova Scotia’s Seaside Wireless Communications and Northwest Territories’ SSi Micro Ltd. are the latest two Internet service providers to benefit from the federal… Continue Reading