MONTREAL – Two weeks ago, Cartt.ca reported Québecor had complained to the CRTC alleging undue preference in Bell TV’s treatment of TVA Sports.
Tuesday, Bell filed its answer,…
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Auction raises $3.47 billion
OTTAWA – The results of Canada’s 600 MHz spectrum auction were announced after the markets closed Wednesday afternoon.
Rogers Communications acquired the most…
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First ever audio venture for streamer
TORONTO – SiriusXM Canada is making way for the launch of new comedy channel next week entitled Netflix Is A Joke Radio.
The channel, debuting…
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MONTREAL – While second quarter revenues jumped 10.2%, Cogeco Communications saw profits for the period plunge by about 44% without the gains related to U.S. tax reforms that it…
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TORONTO – Nascent wireless provider dotmobile is one step closer to launch after receiving its first telecommunications license from the CRTC.
“The first license issued to us is called BITS -…
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TORONTO – Canadian television and digital media production company Media Headquarters has licensed its studio competition format Canada’s Smartest Person to Spanish production company Globomedia.
Globomedia is producing a 10-part…
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SQUAMISH, BC – Squamish Cable TV founder Lloyd Ingraham passed away on March 24 at the age of 102.
Born September 5, 1916 in Vegreville, Alberta, Ingraham arrived in Squamish…
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TORONTO – Senior lawyer and public policy professional Deborah Smith-Webber has joined Hall Webber LLP as the Toronto entertainment law firm looks to expand its practice.
Smith-Webber most recently served…
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MONTREAL – TVA has sold a production licence for its original television dance competition Révolution in Lithuania.
Developed jointly by Quebecor Content and Montreal-based producer Groupe Fair-Play, Révolution features solo, duet…
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MONTREAL — Quebecor’s TVA is so fed up with how its all-sports channel is being treated by Bell that an executive confirmed it will defy a CRTC demand…
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