OTTAWA – Seaside Communications owner Irving Schwartz has been named to the CCTA Honour List. It’s the highest award bestowed by the Canadian Cable Industry and was created in 1973... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Rogers Communications founder and CEO Ted Rogers used a speech to the Canadian Club Monday in Montreal to blast Bell Canada’s lobbying efforts and predatory pricing ideas.Just days... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Nortel Networks announced Monday that Mike Zafirovski has been named as president and CEO. Zafirovski will succeed Bill Owens on November 15th, 2005. "Mike Zafirovski has the kind... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Videotron announced today the addition of Greek channel ERTSAT and the German channel Deutsche Welle to its digital cable lineup. The company’s illico digital cable customers in the... Continue Reading
PHILADELPHIA – Comcast, the largest cable company in North America, announced this week that more than one billion programs have been viewed over the company’s video on demand system so... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Rogers Communications today announced it will begin a trial of its third generation wireless services and applications with Ericsson. During the trial, Rogers and Ericsson will assess the... Continue Reading
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – No, this isn’t about wearing a dish on your head. American direct broadcast satellite company DISH Network introduced the PocketDISH portable media companion this week. Three different... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Bell Canada today announced that it’s been selected by a major group of suppliers and retailers called the Supply Chain Network Project (SCN) to deploy Canada's first end-to-end... Continue Reading
By Joel E. Welch, SCTE 2005 IS ARGUABLY THE “The Year of VoIP”. VoIP deployments have begun in earnest and operators are ensuring they have the talent, skill and knowledge... Continue Reading
TORONTO – A transaction begun yesterday will see Microsoft Corp. take ownership of 6% of Rogers Communications shares. Officially, RCI “announced that it has given a notice of redemption to... Continue Reading
