OTTAWA and TORONTO – A pared-down basic programming package, with its content and pricing determined by the CRTC, could be the solution to affordability if fee-for-carriage is implemented, the…
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OTTAWA and TORONTO – The CRTC’s decision which derailed wireless challenger Globalive’s plans to launch in Canada has also served to put a “regulatory gun to our head”,…
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TORONTO and VANCOUVER – Calling it “a bad day for Canadians and wireless competition in Canada”, Globalive may be down, but it doesn’t sound like they’re entirely out of…
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TORONTO and OTTAWA – In what could be a first, Internet service providers, consumer groups and independent producers all agreed that Wednesday’s CRTC framework on Internet traffic management practices…
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TORONTO – Can local television news be profitable? Or is it a public service that should be funded as such?
These were just two of the many questions that were debated…
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TORONTO – Canada may not be the “ideal” mobile nation, but we’ve come a long way in the last two years, technology consultant and blogger Tom Purves told mobile…
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TORONTO – Astral Media Radio staged a live webcast on Wednesday afternoon to guide its advertisers and agencies through the first portable people meter (PPM) radio data from the…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications is merging its cable and wireless operations under a new business and corporate development group, the company announced late Wednesday.
The changes are in an effort…
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KELOWNA – The newest member of the Global TV network issued layoff notices to 11 staff members late last week.
A CHBC-TV spokesperson confirmed to Cartt.ca that the layoffs “were not…
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VANCOUVER and CALGARY – Western cable giant Shaw Communications has shot back in the skirmish between it and tiny Novus Entertainment.
Shaw president Peter Bissonnette confirmed to Cartt.ca that his…
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