Cable / Telecom News

S-A, Microsoft, sign IPTV deal

CHICAGO - Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced today the two companies will collaborate on developing IPTV. S-A (which supplies digital cable set-top boxes to Rogers Cable and Videotron in... Continue Reading

Dalfen defends himself

TORONTO – With the telecom industry taking swing after swing at the Commission he runs for three straight days, CRTC chairman Charles Dalfen jabbed back on Wednesday. He was given... Continue Reading

Videotron adds RAI, too

MONTREAL –Videotron today announced the addition of RAI International to its channel lineup. This must be one excellent, in-demand channel, because Videotron is the third cable company in three weeks... Continue Reading

OPINION: Wireless web TV

THIS WEEK I THINK I finally saw a web-TV application that will actually work. It wasn’t on a television set, though, but on a mobile phone. Mark Henderson, the president of... Continue Reading

Cogeco Ontario adds RAI

BURLINGTON – Today, on Festa Della Republica, the Italian National Day, Cogeco Cable announced that it will offer RAI International to its digital cable customers in Ontario starting June 5.... Continue Reading

Telecom Hall of Fame announced

TORONTO - Telecom lawyer Lorne Abugov used this week’s Canadian Telecom Summit to launch Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame. While other industries have their own way to recognize their pioneers... Continue Reading