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 CBC... Continue Reading
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”, says chairman... Continue Reading
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 the... Continue Reading
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 got... Continue Reading
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 at... Continue Reading
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 developers... Continue Reading
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 Toronto,... Continue Reading
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 to... Continue Reading
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 unexpected”,... Continue Reading
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 company... Continue Reading
