OTTAWA - The cable industry saw solid signs of an end to the erosion of its traditional customer base in 2004. The number of cable television subscribers 7.6 million at... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – Knighted cell phone service, Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile, today launched in Manitoba. Virgin offers lower rates and no contracts or additional fees. It runs as an MVNO... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The Canadian cultural and broadcasting communities say that the new wireless video services now in the market from Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility and Telus are certainly a form... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER - Telus and the Telecommunications Workers Union announced this evening that they have reached a settlement agreement, ending a strike that began July 21st. The “memorandum of settlement” contains... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – TSN has applied to the CRTC to allow its digi-net ESPN Classic Canada to air live sports. The Bell Globemedia-owned channel’s conditions of license say it can’t air... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – TSN and RDS will now have the right to add a little drama and comedy programming to its schedule thanks to a pair of CRTC decisions rendered Thursday.... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Bell Canada launched kidsmania on Wednesday, a safe, fun, educational online world for kids aged 3 to 12. Kidsmania offers more than 50 interactive 'edutainment' games and activities... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Bell Canada and Starbucks Coffee Canada announced they’ll make wireless Internet service available in Starbucks coffee shops across Canada. Company-operated Starbucks’ will offer Wi-Fi Internet access beginning with... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Chris Frank has been promoted to vice-president, programming for Bell Canada’s Video Group. He had been senior director of regulatory and governmental affairs and took over the programming... Continue Reading
HOW COME NO ONE thought of this before? The amount of programming and the number of people involved in “combatant sports” like Karate or Tae Kwon Do, or wrestling or... Continue Reading
We've gathered a number of links where Canadian cable, radio, television, telecom and wireless companies have posted their responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
