WINNIPEG – Shaw Cablesystems announced three new high definition channels have been added to its system in Winnipeg.
The latest additions are: PBS (Fargo), NBC (Detroit), and ABC (Detroit)….
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OTTAWA – BCE-owned satellite company Telesat Canada set new quarterly records for both revenue and earnings, the company said today.
Telesat’s second quarter operating revenues of $137.3 million represented…
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MONTREAL – Videotron keeps adding thousands of phone customers.
In its second quarter financial results announced today, the company reported it had 41,800 subscribers at the end of June,…
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MONTREAL – Partially led by the growth of Videotron’s new residential telephone service (at 41,800 customers at the end of June), Quebecor Media posted gains in revenue and operating…
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Yahoo! Inc. announced content deals with both CNN and ABC News today.
Both news organizations will provide daily video news feeds to Yahoo! News beginning September…
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VANCOUVER – In a decision rendered late Wednesday, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta issued an interim order that addresses the concerns that led to Telus disabling access…
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GATINEAU – Full marks for decision speed on this one as Telus today received its broadcast distribution undertaking license.
The hearing on the license was on June 6th.
The…
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WINNIPEG – Revenue and earnings continued to grow in the second quarter of 2005 for Manitoba Telecom Services, the company announced Thursday.
Consolidated revenues for the quarter were $502.2 million,…
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TORONTO – A survey released today done on behalf of Bell Canada, Aliant, Sasktel, Télébec and Telus says that Canadians want their incumbent telephone companies to be free of…
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I WAS A UNION MEMBER TWICE: For several summers as a labourer installing gas pipeline in Northern Ontario and for a four month stint as a part-time Bookmobile driver…
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