Cable / Telecom News

Multi-platform match on Videotron

MONTREAL - Videotron, INTERBOX and La Cage aux Sports announced Friday a partnership that will give Quebec boxing fans multiple ways to see the Lucian Bute/Jose Spearman fight on June... Continue Reading

CCSA signs Planete

QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance and French specialty channel Planete, have signed a master affiliate agreement. Planete is a 15-year-old 24/7 documentary channel out of Europe that... Continue Reading

Phone Nome, on Shaw

CALGARY - Shaw Communications announced today that its Shaw Digital Phone customers can now call Alaska and Hawaii as part of their unlimited, anytime long distance calling plan. This is... Continue Reading

Encrypted ExpressVu

MONTREAL - Bell Canada today made official the introduction of a new signal encryption system for its Bell ExpressVu satellite TV service. As of July 1, 2005, all television programming... Continue Reading

COMMENTARY: I wish…

WE ALL HAVE A WISH-list, don’t we? Things we think and sometimes say about what we’d change if a genie popped from a bottle. While a genie grants but three... Continue Reading

CCSA, Alliance Atlantis, sign new deal

QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting and the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance recently completed a new master affiliate agreement. The deal covers History Television, Life Network, Showcase, HGTV Canada and... Continue Reading

VOIP’s window of opportunity

MONTREAL – A new report authored for Videotron released today says that voice over Internet protocol telephony offers a unique window of opportunity for real competition in the Canadian voice... Continue Reading