CANADIAN TELECOMS ARE helping customers connect to family and friends in Ukraine by waiving charges for calls and texts from Canada to Ukraine, and in some cases they are waiving roaming charges for customers currently in Ukraine as well.
Companies that have made such announcements include:
Sasktel announced today it will automatically waive long-distance charges for its wireless, landline, and business calls from Canada to Ukraine, international text messaging fees for texts sent from Canada to Ukraine, and roaming charges for calls, text and data overages for its customers who are currently in Ukraine.
Cogeco tweeted today it is waiving…
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HALIFAX – Eastlink announced today it is nearing completion of a new state-of-the-art core network facility in Halifax.
Eastlink has invested $20 million in the multi-year infrastructure upgrade project, which “will help secure future growth and enhanced network resiliency,” a press release says.
“The most advanced energy efficient facility the company has ever built, this new, state-of-the-art facility features robust backup systems, redundancy and the ability to grow with the company for many years to come,” says the release.
The new facility “supports the continued growth of internet, data and video streaming platforms for both residential and business customers of all sizes.”
Construction…
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TORONTO — Just in time for Family Day weekend, WildBrain Television announced it will premiere three new exclusive series during its upcoming free preview across WildBrain’s entire English network, which includes Family Channel and Family Jr.
The freeview runs from Feb. 18 to March 31 for all Bell, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw, Telus, Eastlink and Cogeco subscribers, and from March 1-31 for Videotron subscribers.
On Sunday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. ET/PT, The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy will premiere exclusively in Canada on Family Jr. Commissioned by WildBrain in July 2021, this 26-episode cabaret-style show is hosted by Toronto…
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HALIFAX — Eastlink announced today it has helped 11 communities it serves across Canada raise more than $1 million for families in need this holiday season through telethons broadcast by Eastlink Community TV.
“While our commitment to support the communities we serve is year round, it is especially important during the holiday season, when the need is heightened,” says Eastlink CEO Jeff Gillham, in a press release.
“Add to that the unprecedented challenges of the past nearly 2 years and the work our communities are doing through initiatives like telethons takes on a whole new level of critical importance.”
As part of Eastlink’s…
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TPIA providers say they’ve had to make tough financial decisions to stem the bleeding
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Canada’s large telecommunications companies are claiming third party internet service providers have never had it better with the interim bulk internet purchase rates the CRTC made permanent in May.
The telecoms were responding to petitions to the federal government to overturn the May decision filed by large independent internet service provider TekSavvy, ISP National Capital FreeNet, and the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC), an organization representing smaller telecoms who lease network space from the larger carriers. In the decision, the regulator said it…
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Deborah Shaffner retires after nearly 26 years
HALIFAX – Eastlink has a new CEO – Jeff Gillham (above), who has been with the company since 2000, most recently as its chief operating officer.
This move, which happened in September, reflects “Eastlink’s passionate commitment to developing leaders from within the organization,” reads a company statement emailed to Cartt.ca.
Gillham, who has a degree in economics and political science from Mount Allison University, was born and raised in Nova Scotia and currently lives in Halifax.
When he started at Eastlink he led the company’s business sales team. “Since then, Jeff has assumed leadership roles across…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC is now allowing Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc. (CPAC) to participate in the proceeding dealing with the broadcast side of the proposed Rogers/Shaw transaction as an interested party, thereby granting it several new rights.
In a letter dated Oct. 7, the CRTC authorized CPAC to appear at the upcoming hearing into the matter in its own right and granted CPAC the right for its representatives to participate in any in camera discussions that may be held regarding its governance.
The CRTC also granted CPAC “the right to file a reply to intervenors in accordance with section 27…
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TORONTO – WildBrain Television announced today its fall lineup for Family Channel and Family Jr., which include several exclusive Canadian broadcast premieres.
“This October, WildBrain Television is handing out treats for the whole family to enjoy,” a press release says.
New programming includes Game of Talents (pictured above), which will premiere exclusively on Family Channel on Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Hosted by Wayne Brady (Let’s Make A Deal, Whose Line Is It Anyway?), the show “infuses the spectacle of a large-scale variety show with a clue-centered, high-intensity investigative game, pitting two teams of contestants against each other as they attempt to…
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TORONTO — Corus Entertainment announced today the Peacock Original series Frogger, a new game show based on the iconic 1980s video game, will premiere on its kids’ channel YTV on Sunday, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
“The new game show promises to test skill, strategy and strength as contestants go through incredible obstacle courses in hope of bringing home $100,000!” reads a Corus press release.
The competition series is hosted by Damon Wayans Jr. (above, left) and Kyle Brandt (right) and invites contestants from across the U.S. “to test their physical prowess and problem-solving skills on a variety of epic…
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YORK, PA — United Fiber and Data (UFD), a fibre-optic network provider in the northeastern United States, announced today Canadian telecom carrier Eastlink and an unnamed global data centre provider are now using UFD’s fibre backbone in the U.S.
Eastlink and the other data centre company “are now leveraging UFD’s wholly owned dark fiber assets and regen/ILA sites on its diverse long-haul fiber backbone that spans more than 400 miles and sits outside the Mid-Atlantic I-95 corridor,” reads a UFD press release.
UFD’s regen/ILA sites “are strategically placed along UFD’s unique fiber optic network designed to avoid congestion and single…
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