"REGULATORY APPROVAL" are the two stock words every media sale announcement made in Canada has attached to it. As in: "Agreement XYZ will close after the required regulatory approval." Wednesday's... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – With re-comments re-due today on the CRTC's reconsideration of its 2005 decision on voice over IP telephony regulation, three of the four largest Canadian MSOs came down on... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - SR Telecom has hired Marc Girard as senior vice-president and CFO, effective August 15, 2006. Girard was most recently vice-president and CFO of the Aeroplan Income Fund, and... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Quebecor Media's popular portal company, Canoe, named former Sympatico executive Patrick Lauzon its executive vice-president. Lauzon "will steer Canoe’s national growth and development strategy and oversee all business... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Due to copyright issues and bandwidth needs, cable operators have been unable and/or reluctant to offer high definition video on demand. Today, however, Quebecor Media-owned MSO Videotron announced... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC's much anticipated decision on which, if any, of the 2005 pay television applicants will receive a license will be announced this morning, www.cartt.ca has learned. Early... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Shovels hit dirt today in Montreal as Quebecor began construction on a new 19-story office building which will house Videotron and Canoe by 2008. The $36 million, 145,000... Continue Reading
WE ALL KNOW SUN TV (formerly Toronto 1) has had a terribly rough go of it since its launch in September of 2003. Maybe the CRTC shouldn't have granted a... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Mega-popular web site CANOE and newspaper The Toronto Sun are still more popular than television channel SUN TV, so it only makes sense the corporation is using all... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – On Friday, Quebecor Media's TVA Group announced a net loss of $2.7 million for the first quarter of 2006, well off its Q1 2005 result - net income... Continue Reading
