OTTAWA – The CRTC is asking for comments as it considers revising the current exemption order regarding terrestrial relay distribution network undertakings (TRDUs).
In the hopes of encouraging greater…
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TORONTO – Tony Burman, managing director of Al-Jazeera’s English language channel – and former head of CBC News – was in Toronto this week to say that Canadians should…
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Exton, PA – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) will develop standards for the carriage of next generation 3D content on cable networks.
The SCTE engineering committee, which oversees the…
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EDMONTON – Super Channel has launched on Delta Cable and Coast Cable in B.C.
The national pay television network, which offers two HD and four SD channels dedicated to…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC’s Atlantic region commissioner, Elizabeth Duncan, has been re-appointed to her post for a new five-year term.
The former SVP and CFO of Dartmouth’s Access Cable,…
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ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) has issued a call for entries for the 2009 Mark Awards competition.
The Mark Awards, now its 26th year,…
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BARCELONA, Spain – Verizon Wireless will build the first next-generation long term evolution (LTE) network by 2010, making it the first wireless company to offer commercial LTE-based service in the…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications says the economic downturn was a key factor that lead to a fourth quarter loss of $138 million.
The company took a “non-cash impairment loss” totaling…
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BARCELONA, Spain – The SD Association released the next-generation SD memory card specification, SDXC (eXtended Capacity), Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, and says the technology…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – The deadline for bids to purchase Look’s assets passed at noon on Monday.
In keeping with the sales process order, Monitor Grant Thornton will review all bids and, if necessary, seek…
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