OTTAWA – Finally, after nearly two months of bidding, involving 331 rounds, Canada's auction of wireless spectrum ended today, but is merely the first wave of change that will transform... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – A review of broadcasting in new media is utterly unnecessary, says an unprecedented joint submission to the CRTC by Canada’s largest Internet service providers. Friday was the deadline... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Sounding not unlike the advice sometimes given in its namesake magazine (er, not that we’d know for sure…) Corus Entertainment CEO John Cassaday said he isn’t willing to... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Claiming he has a duty to protect the public from new texting fees (!), Industry Minister Jim Prentice has called the CEOs of Bell and Telus to his... Continue Reading
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. – A few locals banded together with some employees worried about losing their jobs in an attempt to have a vote on the proposed $46 million sale... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Shaw Communications Inc. recorded a profit of $128 million in the third quarter ended May 31, 2008 compared to $92 million for the same quarter last year, according... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Globalive Communications Corp., the Yak-led consortium, which had boasted of becoming Canada’s fourth national carrier, appears to have a gaping hole in the province of Quebec as bidding... Continue Reading
CAMPBELL RIVER, BC – The board of directors of the Campbell River TV Association (CRTV) announced Monday that they unanimously support Shaw Communications’ offer to purchase the community-owned cableco. Subsequently,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Shaw Communications won’t be carrying a third broadcast feed introduced by the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) in October 2006 to better serve western Canada, and this is... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC said today that while many things should change about the Canadian Television Fund, Shaw Communications and Quebecor Media still have to pay into it – and... Continue Reading