Cable / Telecom News

Aliant rebounds in ’05

SAINT JOHN – Consolidated revenues for 2005 at Aliant were up 3.1% year over year and net income increased 52.6% to $199.4 million for the twelve-month period ended December… Continue Reading

SCTE debuts new CE member programs

EXTON, Pa. – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers announced Wednesday that it has introduced two members-only affinity programs to benefit the group’s more than 15,000 members. “These exciting… Continue Reading

Canada’s cable games all set

MISSISSAUGA – While the Olympics and Commonwealth Games will be just finished by the end of March, the important games for Ontario cable techs will be just beginning: the… Continue Reading

CHUM buys Rachael Ray

TORONTO – CHUM Television has purchased the new talk show by Rachael Ray, who looks like she could be the Martha of the new Millennium, from CBS Paramount International… Continue Reading

Higher learning?

TORONTO – If you see anyone in a Ryerson University jacket lurking around your cable system taps or curbside boxes, maybe you should call the cops. An article in… Continue Reading

HD/PVR set tops drive global growth

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Sustained North American demand for high-end digital cable set top boxes that include PVRs and/or high definition capability, coupled with modestly increasing demand in Asia, is… Continue Reading

Bell dials up hockey-lovers’ hearts

TORONTO – Small screen NHL clips is the latest video service Bell Mobility customers will be able to access. Bell Canada announced Friday the nationwide availability of the exclusive… Continue Reading