Cable / Telecom News

Cogeco launches voice in Chatham

MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable continued its market-by-market rollout of voice service today, launching its Digital Phone in Chatham, Ont. (about an hour east of Windsor). Currently, 32% of homes passed... Continue Reading

Telesat reveals Nimiq 4 plans

OTTAWA – Delivering next generation TV services, Telesat today unveiled plans for Nimiq 4, its next direct broadcast satellite. Telesat's eighteenth satellite will enable Telesat's customer (and corporate cousin), Bell... Continue Reading

Quebecor Media saving $80 million a year

MONTREAL - Quebecor Media today announced a long-term debt refinancing that will trim the company's annual financial expenses by close to $80 million. The refinancing, consisting primarily of the issuance... Continue Reading

A February Free-view down East

HALIFAX - EastLink announced today that it will make 42 channels available free of charge to its digital customers through the month of February. From January 31 at 5 p.m.... Continue Reading

Videotron speeds up

MONTREAL – Videotron announced today it is increasing its basic Internet service speed from 300 Kbps to 600 Kbps and the Extreme High-Speed service from 6.5 Mbps to 10 Mbps.... Continue Reading

Live WHL on Access

REGINA - A comprehensive lineup of WHL games from across the province will anchor Access7 community channel programming.Rick Fraser, vice-president, marketing for Access said the games are made possible through... Continue Reading

Ontario SCTE next meets February 2

KITCHENER – With topics such as the “mapping of advanced cable services (digital video, voice and data) to the seven-layer OSI model in order to decipher the functionality associated with... Continue Reading