OTTAWA – Netflix and Google will be among the first three stakeholders to weigh in on the Canadian television system when the CRTC kicks off phase 3 of Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC has summoned the country’s telcos and TV service providers to a meeting next month to review their practice of charging extra fees to customers who receive…
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MONTREAL and HALIFAX – BCE is buying the stake in Bell Aliant that it doesn’t already own and will take the regional telco private, the company announced Wednesday.
The deal,…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications is throwing its support behind emerging Canadian professional golfers Michael Gligic and Beon Yeong Lee as they compete at this year’s RBC Canadian Open.
Sporting…
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TORONTO – Bell Media is re-launching its online lifestyle and entertainment hub The Loop to encourage users to share its mix of original and licensed video content.
Supported by a…
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LOS GATOS, CA – Netflix has topped 50 million subscribers in more than 40 countries, and has more than doubled its profits in the second quarter despite hiking its…
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GATINEAU – Broadcast distributors and programmers are divided over rules governing television service provision in Quebec and official minority language communities across the country. Some say current rules are…
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TORONTO – CEO Guy Laurence continues his work of “untangling the spaghetti” that is Rogers Communications. The company announced “several hundred” middle managers and some…
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ARLINGTON, VA – Driven in part by the skyrocketing sales of connected devices, revenues for the consumer electronics (CE) industry are projected to grow 2% in 2014, reaching a…
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BEVERLY HILLS and TORONTO – Netflix’s library of kids and family-themed programming in Canada is about to get deeper after the streaming service nabbed the exclusive Canadian rights for first-run…
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