TORONTO, MONTREAL and OTTAWA – Three of Canada’s largest BDUs were quick to express their mutual disappointment with Monday’s CRTC decision, and hinted that it will be the consumer…
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OTTAWA – After dominating the three months worth of hearings earlier this Spring, the House of Commons committee on Canadian Heritage left out any recommendation on the controversial issue…
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TORONTO – Moses Znaimer’s ZoomerMedia is buying VisionTV’s broadcasting assets in a deal worth $25 million.
VisionTV (VTV) operates the multi-faith and multicultural channel by the same name that is…
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OTTAWA and GATINEAU – Reaction to the CRTC’s broadcasting in new media report has been swift, and predictably, mixed.
The news that the Commission will continue to exempt new…
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TORONTO – Rogers’ “mobile revolution” arrived in Canada in dramatic fashion on Tuesday.
The HTC Dream and Magic smart phones, ensconced in a silver briefcase carefully carried and unlocked…
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ACCORDING TO A POLL commissioned by broadcast industry watchdog Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, most Canadians believe that the CBC is “being starved of funds by a government with a vendetta…
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OTTAWA and TORONTO – The Conference Board of Canada has recalled three reports that it issued late last week, claiming an internal review determined that it “did not follow…
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HALIFAX – As EastLink introduces itself to former Persona customers in Ontario and Quebec, it will evaluate the regions and individual markets on a case by case basis before…
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EDMONTON and VANCOUVER – The Telecommunications Workers Union (TWU) has launched a public awareness campaign encouraging Canadians to ask the government to “stop the outrage” of Canadian companies outsourcing…
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TORONTO – Reaction to the new Canadian Media Fund (CMF) was predictably mixed, but the consensus seems to be that the distributors got what they wanted.
For starters, the…
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