LAS VEGAS – Professional athletes, musicians and television personalities will all be dropping by the 2009 International CES later this week in promotion of the latest products and technologies in... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The CRTC has granted VidéOptique Inc. a broadcasting licence to operate a regional video-on-demand (VOD) service in parts of Quebec.But support for the service, at least in its current form,... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – BCE has set up an automatic purchase plan with a broker to repurchase up to 40 million common shares under its normal course issuer bid.This is approximately 5% of... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The late Ted Rogers has left voting control of Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) to a private trust called the Rogers Control Trust, and members of the Rogers family... Continue Reading
HALIFAX – EastLink has added the World Fishing Network to their on demand platform for digital cable customers. The network is dedicated to angling and sport fishing industry with programming... Continue Reading
PARIS - The global economic downturn will hit the Internet economy hard in 2009, resulting in flat or even declining growth, according to a report by the Organization for Economic... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Shaw has launched The Big Ten Network in HD and SD, and the Golf Channel in HD, and both sports networks will be available in free preview mode... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON - Registration for The Cable Show '09, the 58th annual convention and international exposition of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), is now open.The event is scheduled for... Continue Reading
NEW YORK – Streaming of longer form content such as movies or TV shows has overtaken video downloading in popularity in the US, according to a new survey conducted by... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Canada's love affair with text messages could snowball over the holidays, potentially breaking last year’s record of an estimated 100 million text messages sent by Canadians on Christmas... Continue Reading