NOW THAT MY TWO-AND-a-half year old daughter has outgrown her predilection towards throwing things at our living room television (think keys and golf balls, not stuffed animals), I decided my... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Cogeco Radio-television said Tuesday it will not exercise its right to purchase the 40% interest in Quebec broadcaster TQS that it doesn't already own and that the parties... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Never one for lengthy media sessions, Cogeco CEO Louis Audet practically demanded that reporters ask him about its newest purchase, Portuguese cable and telecom outfit Cabovisao, prior to... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Despite the hue and cry over the supposed nasty effects of new media, radio, a so-called old media, continues to post gains here in Canada. According to Canadian... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – If the CCTA was still around, it wouldn't have been able to find consensus among its members for the CRTC's TV Policy Review either. While the schisms among... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The idea that Canada’s signal distributors should pay conventional broadcasters fees to carry their signals is “trash” according to Rogers Communications CEO Ted Rogers. Speaking to reporters Wednesday... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Satellite radio has another distribution platform, if they want it. A Commission decision today that will surely be copied by other broadcast distribution undertakings said that Rogers Cable... Continue Reading
FEE-FOR-CARRIAGE will happen. There. I said it. I don't like it and sure don't want to pay it, but I've come to believe – thanks to my talks and travels... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has told its customers that HDNet is coming December 13th, and that as of December 1st, it is changing how it prices high definition channels. The... Continue Reading
RIMOUSKI – Télévision Quatre-Saisons (TQS) viewers in eastern Quebec will get their own regional news bulletin, if licence proposals submitted by TQS and Télévision MBS are accepted by the CRTC.... Continue Reading