ONE UNINTENDED HAZARD of deregulation is that all other news outlets will be under-reporting the size of the Canadian cable industry this morning. On Wednesday, the CRTC released the Canadian... Continue Reading
AS MORE AND MORE TV channels and data applications come on stream, there's less and less bandwidth available on cable plants. That's where switched broadcast, or switched digital video, comes... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Cable Satisfaction International's bankruptcy monitor and interim receiver (RSM Richter) will ask a court in Quebec today to approve the recent sale agreement of CSII's largest asset, Portuguese... Continue Reading
IF RHETORIC AND HYPERBOLE were gasoline, a single spark would have razed the entire Toronto Congress Centre this week. The speeches from Bell Canada Enterprises CEO Michael Sabia and Telus... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Cogeco Cable launched its digital phone service in Niagara Falls today. Currently, 50% of homes passed in the corporation's territories have access to digital phone service. Service will... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Louis Audet knew what was coming - and Friday's Cogeco Cable conference call to explain the company's $658 million purchase was set up as best he could to assuage... 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 – As has been rumored since last summer, Cogeco Cable has agreed to buy Portuguese cable company Cabovisao-Televisao por Cabo S.A. Cabovisao is owned by Cable Satisfaction International Inc.... Continue Reading
ON THE SURFACE OF IT, allowing customers to pay one subscription fee for Star Choice satellite service at their home and cottage is a very consumer-friendly idea. Most folks, Star... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Today, Cogeco Cable launched its digital phone service in Fort Erie, Ontario. Currently, 47% of homes passed in the company's territories (primarily in areas of southwestern Ontario and... Continue Reading