Cable / Telecom News

Papers please, asks SCTE Ontario

HAMILTON – The next SCTE Ontario Chapter general meeting will be held Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 in Hamilton, with the theme of Fiber to the Premise/Home/etc. – otherwise known… Continue Reading

EastLink debuts new LD plans

HALIFAX – EastLink is celebrating the new year with three new long distance plans. The company said in a press release the new plans “will offer customers long distance… Continue Reading

Satellite TV pirate jailed

TORONTO – EchoStar Communications, along with security partner NagraStar LLC and Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership, today announced “another victory against satellite piracy in the Canadian court system,” reads a… Continue Reading

Consumers can call in complaints

GATINEAU – A newly established consumer agency, the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services, was given a conditional go-ahead by the CRTC this Thursday afternoon. "We are very pleased… Continue Reading

Bell to operate Do Not Call List

GATINEAU – Bell Canada has won a five-year contract to run the newly established National Do Not Call List (DNCL), the CRTC announced today. The company was the only… Continue Reading

Teletoon Retro on Cogeco

MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has added Teletoon Retro to its digital channel lineup. Launched October 1st, the channel offers familiar friends like Fat Albert, Tom & Jerry, Rocky… Continue Reading

IPTV specs set

GENEVA – While IPTV deployments are well under way around the world, standards surrounding the service’s technology have never been set. Until now. Today the International Telecommunication Union released… Continue Reading