Cable / Telecom News

Telus boards Discovery’s Cash Cab

TORONTO – A new multiplatform advertising deal between national telco Telus and Discovery channel will weave the telecom firm’s brand into all iterations of the specialty service’s newest series, Cash... Continue Reading

TVC promotes Emoff

MARKHAM - TVC Canada said this week it has promoted Tim Emoff to the newly created position of vice-president, marketing and product management. Emoff, who joined TVC Canada in January... Continue Reading

CCSA conference fast-approaching

MONT TREMBLANT – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance annual conference begins in less than two weeks. The15th annual Summit for Independent Communications is called CONNECT 2008 and is set to... Continue Reading

Trading ads for long distance

TEL AVIV, Israel – A company called Parrot-Media today launched Poketalk, a new free global calling service in Canada and the United States. This service lets users make free calls... Continue Reading

EastLink to buy Bluewater Cable

CLINTON, ON – EastLink, the fifth-largest Canadian cable company, has agreed to purchase Southwestern Ontario cable operator Bluewater TV Cable/Ex-Cen Cablevision from the Stinson family, Cartt.ca has learned. The purchase... Continue Reading