OTTAWA – Videotron founder André Chagnon and one of the engineers who helped wire much of Canada with co-axial cable, Israel (Sruki) Switzer, are two of the five members…
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MONTREAL – Bell TV has become the first television provider in the country to offer 100 high definition channels.
"Reaching 100 HD channels is a significant milestone that both enhances…
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DENVER, CO – Nearly 9,000 cable telecommunications professionals attended the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2009 last week in Denver.
The 2009 attendance figure is down by 18% from the record attendance…
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MONTREAL – Bell will launch its new HSPA wireless network on November 4, a day earlier than it first announced.
In an address to The Canadian Club in Montréal on…
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OTTAWA – The Liberal party is calling on the federal government to help increase cell phone and Internet competition in Canada.
“We have a real competition problem in this country…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications has closed its acquisition of Mountain Cablevision from the Boris Family who has owned Mountain Cablevision for the past 50 years.
The transaction was subject…
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WINNIPEG – MTS Allstream has lent its voice to the fee-for-carriage debate, urging its customers to “speak out” to the CRTC against proposals by broadcasters which it says could…
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DENVER–IPTV, multi-screen video, and converged services have emerged as the biggest themes here at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2009 as the three subjects have dominated the discussions in the Colorado…
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MONTREAL – Following the lead of its peers, Cogeco Cable’s Canadian operations continued to grow during the recession, the company reported today. The company continues to struggle in Portugal,…
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DENVER – William Lim, senior technical consultant, OSS BroadNet, gave Thursday’s attendees of SCTE’s 2009 Cable-Tec Expo insight on how to monitor cable UPS backup batteries in order to…
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