OTTAWA – Thanks to ongoing, dramatic reductions in customers, the traditional wireline telco industry saw fourth quarter 2006 profits drop by 23.7% according to a release today from Statistics…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance and Hi Fidelity HDTV have signed a master agreement covering the distribution of all four of the all-HDTV company’s channels
“We…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications announced today that Rogers Cable and Rogers Wireless will become one on July 1st.
There is nothing in the release on how the restructuring will…
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OTTAWA – Saying the wireless market is not competitive enough in Canada, Quebecor and MTS Allstream have joined forces to lobby both government and Canadians so that the companies…
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TORONTO – Wi-LAN has signed a definitive acquisition agreement to buy Tri-Vision International following terms announced March 27, Tri-Vision announced Friday.
Under the agreement, Tri-Vision will become a wholly-owned…
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MONTREAL – While fending off persistent questions from financial analysts, Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau left the impression that his company may, in fact, pursue wireless spectrum beyond Quebec….
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TORONTO – GEO TV, a 24-hour Pakistani channel broadcast in the Urdu language, has been added to Rogers Cable, the TV distributor announced Friday.
The general entertainment channel is…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications Inc. announced Thursday it plans to implement a two-for-one stock split of its issued and outstanding Class A participating shares…
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LAS VEGAS – The default mode for small cable operators is often to apologize for their lack of size said Midcontinent Communications VP Tom Simmons in a session at…
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MONTREAL – Videotron added 29,000 digital TV customers for a total of 653,000 in the first quarter ended March 31, and also recorded net gains in Internet and telephony…
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