Cable / Telecom News

Competition gets going in Saskatchewan

CALGARY – Provincial telco SaskTel will finally face some local phone competition as Shaw Communications has launched its Digital Phone service in Saskatoon while Regina's cable co-operative Access Communications has... Continue Reading

Six new foreign services added

OTTAWA – The CRTC has added six new foreign ethnic channels have been added to the eligible satellite list. All were sponsored by Rogers Cable and they are: * Aaj... Continue Reading

Charter testing VOD dynamic ad insertion

ST. LOUIS – The fourth-largest cable operator in the U.S., Charter Communications, launched an experiment last week that dynamically rotates ads into video on demand content. In the trial, ads... Continue Reading

ExpressVu adds sports and news iTV

TORONTO - TSN Extra and CBC News Plus, two new interactive TV services have been added to Bell ExpressVu's service. Customers can now choose the news and sports they want... Continue Reading

SaskTel hits 50,000 TV customer mark

REGINA – After adding high definition this month, these are heady times for SaskTel's Max Entertainment Service, which announced its 50,000th customer on Monday.“On behalf of everyone at SaskTel, I... Continue Reading

Three companies vie for 29 sat slots

OTTAWA – Last week, Industry Canada announced that three companies had submitted a total of 29 applications for new satellite orbital positions across several frequencies to serve Canadians. Telesat and... Continue Reading