MONTREAL – With just days until the CRTC’s mandated pick and pay deadline, Videotron has rolled out five new TV theme packages that it says makes it easy for…
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GATINEAU – The long-anticipated expansion of Amazon Prime Video into Canada could happen as early as December 1.
At least Mary Ann Turcke, Bell Media president, believes it, having told…
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HALIFAX – A new ‘TV Channel Exchange’, launched today by Eastlink, is aimed at giving consumers access to a new kind of choice and flexibility, in real time.
Customers can…
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GATINEAU – The demise of Shomi has raised a number of questions regarding the future of domestic streaming services in the face of competition from global competitors such as…
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TORONTO – According to new research, 30% of all Canadian online households (3.4 million of them) now have adedicated streaming device (Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, etc.) attached to a…
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OTTAWA – Former PEI premier Robert Ghiz will take on the role of president and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) effective January 1, 2017.
Ghiz (pictured) takes…
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CORAL GABLES, FL – Canadian John Reid has officially taken on the CEO role at C&W Communications, effective November 7, 2016.
Reid (pictured) was previously interim CEO, served as C&W’s…
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LAVAL – CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais stressed the idea of “citizenship obligations” as he concluded a hearing Thursday into licence renewals for major French-language private television broadcasters.
Questioning Corus Entertainment,…
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TORONTO – Primus says that it is the first major telecommunications provider in Canada to trial the innovative Liberty L2 Wi-Fi handset developed by Vancouver-based Apivio Systems Inc. on its residential…
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VANCOUVER – The Telecommunications Workers Union, United Steelworkers Local 1944 (TWU) membership has accepted a new collective agreement negotiated between it and Telus.
More than 68% of Telus employees who…
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