Cable / Telecom News

Lindsay adds Omnitron

PETERBOROUGH – Canadian manufacturer Lindsay Broadband and Omnitron Systems Technology, a provider of fibre optic access systems for Carrier Ethernet networks, have announced a strategic development and sales partnership…. Continue Reading

SaskTel adds Disney to VOD stable

REGINA – SaskTel today said that it has entered into a multi-year video-on-demand distribution agreement with Disney-ABC International Television for feature films from Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Animation, Pixar… Continue Reading

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