OTTAWA – DHX Media received CRTC approval Thursday to proceed with its purchase of Family, Disney XD, and the English- and French-language Disney Junior channels from Bell Media.
The company…
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TORONTO – Combat sports channel Fight Network is now available on Bell Mobile TV with the Bell TV app.
Effective immediately, existing Fight Network subscribers on Bell TV can now…
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TORONTO – Leonard Asper’s Anthem Media Group Inc. plans to launch EdgeSport, a sports channel featuring the best in extreme action programming.
Anthem listed no timeline for the launch, which…
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GATINEAU – It will surprise no one that the cost of sports television are front and centre for so many of the submissions to the CRTC’s TV Policy Review
Telus,…
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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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