REGINA – The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is asking the CRTC to force direct-to-home satellite TV distributor Star Choice to pick up the public broadcaster’s over-the-air TV signal that it dropped... Continue Reading
EXTON, PA – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) on Tuesday announced it has approved its 200th engineering standard for the cable telecommunications industry – SCTE 151 2008, Mechanical,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – An exploding “Culture of Connectivity” is forcing enterprises around the world to change the way they do business faster than ever before or risk the opportunities of hyperconnectivity... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) has inked a distribution deal with Astral Television Networks for The Movie Network, TMN OnDemand, Mpix, Mpix OnDemand, Family, Family OnDemand and... Continue Reading
NEW YORK, NY – America’s senior executives often use all media channels, including digital media, for their information needs, according to the results of Ipsos MediaCT’s The Business Elite Study.... Continue Reading
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Research firm In-Stat has bumped up forecasts for user-generated video use and revenue due to larger-than-expected growth in the Chinese market. Other factors contributing to the faster... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local One is holding up three reports it commissioned to urge the City of Toronto and Toronto Hydro Corp. to keep... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Research In Motion, RBC and Thomson Reuters and several other private Canadian investors are uniting to form a $150-million venture capital fund, called the BlackBerry Partners Fund LP,... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – BCE announced Monday it has filed with the CRTC all required materials related to its acquisition of BCE by an investor group led by Teachers’ Private Capital, the... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) is charging that Bell Canada has contravened the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) by using deep-packet... Continue Reading