MONTREAL – Quebecor Media has decided to pull in its horns over the funding of Canadian television productions and will resume monthly payments to the CTF, at least for…
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WINNIPEG – In a salute to Canadian speed skater (and MTS spokeswoman) Cindy Klassen, a 15-foot snow sculpture of the Olympic medalist has been created at the corner of…
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WINNIPEG – Customers of MTS Allstream’s digital television service now have access to Movie Central On Demand.
Movie Central On Demand is a subscription video on demand service that…
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TORONTO – Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Virgin Mobile has enlisted porn star Ron Jeremy to help save singles from unwanted affection.
Called Dial-A-Dis, the service is a…
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TORONTO – The inaugural CSUA Broadcast Technology Awards were handed out this month by the Canadian Satellite Users Association.
The Awards are scholarship prizes of $5,000 each. CSUA established…
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BY THE MIDDLE OF this year, Canada’s largest satellite operator, Telesat, will be a much bigger company.
When Loral Space Communications and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board said…
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HALIFAX – EastLink is investing $4.2 million to upgrade its network around the southernmost reaches of Nova Scotia and will soon launch local telephone service in Yarmouth and its…
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MONTREAL – VOIP provider babytel says it has eliminated the need to dial the area code when calling people within the same area code.
"The phone companies think they’ve…
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MONTREAL – The approximately 600,000 subscribers to Videtron’s illico Digital TV service ordered 20 million films and television programs on demand in 2006, a 100% increase over 2005, the…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications-owned Star Choice issued a press release this morning entitled " Star Choice Customers Denied NHL Hockey" and said that due to a Rogers Sportsnet court…
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