Cable / Telecom News

Telesat goes to work in Vietnam

OTTAWA – Telesat said today that it has signed a contract to provide engineering consulting services to the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) of Vietnam. The formal contract… Continue Reading

Shaw phones Whalley

CALGARY – Shaw Communications has launched its local phone service in Whalley, B.C., the company said today. Shaw Digital Phone offers customers an alternative to the traditional home phone… Continue Reading

Source adds four HD channels

HAMILTON – Independent cable company Source Cable will add all-high-definition channels Oasis HD, Rush HD, Treasure HD and Equator HD, to its channel lineup on April 1st. “We are… Continue Reading

Former ACQ president Bujold dies

TANZANIA – Sixty-five year old Marcel Bujold, a former president of the Association des cablodistributeurs du Quebec and one of the three founders of the Gaspé region’s Cablo G,… Continue Reading

Cogeco adds three HD

BURLINGTON – Cogeco Cable today made official the addition of three new high definition (HD) channels to its Ontario line-up. They are: * Sports channel Score HD * National… Continue Reading

Sign up for the Cable-Tec Games

MISSISSAUGA – Ontario’s SCTE Cable-Tec Games will be held Thursday, April 26 from 2:30 p.m. to approximately 9 p.m. at the Mississauga Grand. This will be the only Games… Continue Reading