MONTREAL – Bell Canada just set the bar much higher on the customer service front in most of Canada by launching a pair of new residential service programs. The big... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CanWest Global will pull the skateboard out from under its alternative sports channel, Xtreme, on October 9th. The seven year old channel wasn’t doing too badly, though, when... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - The Canadian Association of Broadcasters has lost its most influential French-language member. Quebecor Media-owned Le Groupe TVA, the country’s largest private French-language TV broadcaster, informed the CAB of... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Bell wants to put those living in new condominium and other multi-dwelling units (MDUs) on a heavy fibre diet. The announcement today to roll-out fibre directly to MDUs... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - CanWest Broadcasting is rebranding Lonestar, a Western-themed cable channel, as MovieTime, a digital offering of popular Hollywood movies. CanWest says that MovieTime, which goes live Oct. 6, will... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The federal government’s new Copyright Act could open millions of Canadians to huge lawsuits, the reality, most Canadians don’t think it will have any impact on Internet downloading.This... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The CRTC has denied a request from Bell and Telus to replace the basic international telecommunications services (BITS) licensing regime with a registration system. Instead, the commission has... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Jim Prentice says Bell Mobility and Telus have assured him that any customers mistakenly charged for text message spam can have the charges removed from their bills.Prentice,... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Bell Canada will use the Beijing Olympics to launch its new national brand tomorrow, aligning all of its products and services under the Bell name. "The new Bell... Continue Reading
IT’S NOT USUAL FOR a reporter to ignore a story on his beat, but it’s happening right now for me. The issue is text message fees and the decision by... Continue Reading