HAMILTON – After half a century in cable, Owen Boris decided this year, at the age of 77, it was finally time to retire.In July of 1959, Boris launched Mountain... Continue Reading
CALGARY – The rumour mill had been spinning wildly over the past couple of days in Hamilton about the impending sale of Mountain Cablevision, but the buyer, announced this morning... Continue Reading
TORONTO – In a note to clients, BMO Nesbitt Burns media and cable analyst Tim Casey notes the Shaw Communications purchase price of Mountain Cablevision may be as high as... Continue Reading
CALGARY – This week, Shaw Communications removed four channels, BBC Kids, Court TV Canada, Discovery Kids and TV Land Canada from the channel lineups on Shaw Digital Cable and satellite... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CTV has sold CKX-TV Brandon to Canadian investment firm Bluepoint Investment Corporation for one dollar.Bluepoint assumes all of CKX-TV's broadcast assets, liabilities and commitments with the purchase, including... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Shaw Direct customers now have local and international weather at their fingertips thanks to Shaw Direct Weather, a new interactive service that launched Wednesday.Customers with advanced Shaw Direct receivers... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – In back-to-back presentations this morning, the CRTC heard from two of Canada’s largest ISPs, Telus and Cogeco Cable, one of which uses no Internet traffic management techniques (yet)... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Shaw Communications says the CRTC has “betrayed Canadians' trust” with Monday’s announcement of two new taxes on TV consumers. "It is difficult to believe the CRTC is mandating... Continue Reading
EVEN WITH CHANNEL Zero’s encouraging purchase of two over-the-air TV stations from Canwest Global this week, we are now left with six small market TV stations whose owners have set... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Bell Canada finished off a pair of acquisitions today that will boost both its wireless subscribers as well as its branding and distribution capabilities. First off, the company... Continue Reading