PITTSBURGH – American conventional television stations are gouging cable companies with dramatic increases in retransmission consent payments, reported the American Cable Association today.
The group’s survey found a 271%…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications is hoping to raise close to $1 billion.
The company has priced an offering of $1.0 billion of 5.80% senior notes, priced at $997.67 per…
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ONE OF THE FORMER rules of thumb when it comes to opinionating was: Never Use “I”.
Saying “I think” or “I believe” in a column is redundant and lazy….
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TORONTO – The concept of a virtual workplace appears to be gaining momentum in Canada.
Proponents of the idea say that the benefits are many. In addition to reducing…
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CALGARY – Shaw is staging a second nation-wide auction in support of the Canadian Athletes Now fund and Canadian athletes.
The ‘Making it Happen’ auction will be held on…
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MONTREAL – Canadian and Portuguese cable company Cogeco Cable says it will soon issue up to $500 million in new debt.
The company has filed with the securities regulators…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications will increase its current normal course issuer bid for its Class B non-voting shares to repurchase additional shares.
Between February 20, 2009 and February 19, 2010, the…
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TORONTO – Rogers Wireless has kicked off a promotional campaign in support of ‘the Android Market’, an on-line application store accessible only through the two Google smart phones…
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OTTAWA – Despite gains in consolidated revenues and adjusted EBITDA, Telesat Holdings posted a net loss of $39 million for its first quarter of 2009.
The company announcement said…
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WINNIPEG – MTS Allstream has launched its new ‘Internet To Go’ plan, giving its residential and business high-speed Internet customers unlimited access to Wi-Fi and evolution data optimized (EVDO), where…
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