August 27, 2014 11 years ago

Shomi’s sleek user interface powered by Ottawa’s You.i engine

TORONTO – The slick-looking user interface of the new shomi service from Rogers and Shaw is purported to be one of the key differentiating features that will allow it… Continue Reading

August 27, 2014 11 years ago

Shomi, the “new age video clerk”, is officially unveiled by Rogers and Shaw

TORONTO – Finally putting an end to months of speculation over plans to launch a Canadian subscription video-on-demand service, Rogers Media and joint-venture partner Shaw Media announced the highly… Continue Reading

June 19, 2014 11 years ago

CANADIAN TELECOM SUMMIT 2014: Device experts try to cut through noise surrounding M2M market

TORONTO – Near Field Communication (NFC). Machine to Machine (M2M). Internet of Things (IoT). Different phrases, different acronyms, same concept – wireless device-to-device connectivity that enables contactless communications, most… Continue Reading

June 18, 2014 11 years ago

CANADIAN TELECOM SUMMIT 2014: Telus CTO Gedeon says let’s all work together on next-gen services

TORONTO – Service providers should be working together, collaboratively, to build a truly integrated ecosystem for delivering next-generation, personalized customer services, said Telus CTO Ibrahim Gedeon during his Monday… Continue Reading

June 17, 2014 11 years ago

CANADIAN TELECOM SUMMIT 2014: Exa and Zetta and Trillion. Big numbers from the cloud’s Big Data

TORONTO – The volume of data being generated by the Internet of things is “mind boggling” and “transforms literally everything”, said Alec Saunders, vice-president of Blackberry’s QNX Cloud Business… Continue Reading

May 13, 2014 11 years ago

CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK 2014: Our cars as gadgets – and radio’s displacement within them

TORONTO – With connected car technology expected to be the norm in new vehicles very soon, the roll-out of increasingly feature-rich in-dash infotainment systems is slowly turning cars into… Continue Reading

May 12, 2014 11 years ago

CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK 2014: Live events the best way to keep people watching TV, but at what price?

TORONTO – In a digital media world where TV viewers can choose when and where they want to be entertained, content producers and distributors are betting big on live… Continue Reading

May 12, 2014 11 years ago

CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK 2014: Radio execs worry about staying relevant while audiences are pulled away

TORONTO – Describing radio as an industry “under attack (because) everybody wants our audiences,” Eric Rhoads, publisher of U.S. industry magazine Radio Ink, kicked off the “Inside the Executive… Continue Reading

March 6, 2014 11 years ago

This “fourth” carrier drives the market in its home province; CEO worries about policy uncertainty

TORONTO – Calling 2013 “a pretty good year”, SaskTel president and CEO Ron Styles said this week that the provincial Crown corporation will come close to its financial targets… Continue Reading

February 18, 2014 11 years ago

Sochi Olympics network, built by a Canadian, boasts some technology firsts

TORONTO – Striving for even better performance than that achieved four years ago in Vancouver is the goal of not only Canada’s Olympic athletes but also the technology team… Continue Reading