February 20, 2019 7 years ago

MADE | NOUS campaign to celebrate Canadian talent during CTV’s Oscar red carpet special

TORONTO — The Canada Media Fund’s new MADE | NOUS consumer campaign celebrating the creative work of Canadians in the film, television, video game and digital entertainment industries will… Continue Reading

February 20, 2019 7 years ago

Fake news worries 85% of online Canadians: MTM report

OTTAWA — A new Media Technology Monitor (MTM) report reveals 85% of online Canadians have some level of concern regarding the impact of fake news on the world around… Continue Reading

February 20, 2019 7 years ago

UPDATED: CRTC will launch its own secret shopper program as it finds level of misleading or aggressive sales tactics “unacceptable”

GATINEAU – “Having considered the matter in depth, the CRTC finds that it is apparent that misleading or aggressive retail sales practices are present in the telecommunications service… Continue Reading

February 20, 2019 7 years ago

CIRA report highlights Canadians’ concerns about cybersecurity, privacy and fake news

OTTAWA — The vast majority of Canadians are concerned about potential cyberattacks against organizations with access to their personal data and are equally worried that businesses willingly share their… Continue Reading

February 19, 2019 7 years ago

Wireless networks will support 12 billion devices and IoT connections by 2022: Cisco

SAN JOSE — Mobile data traffic by 2022 will represent almost 20% of global IP traffic and will reach 930 exabytes (almost a zettabyte) annually, which is nearly 113… Continue Reading

February 19, 2019 7 years ago

Ericsson promises smooth 5G network evolution

STOCKHOLM — Ericsson announced Tuesday new additions to its 5G Platform portfolio of products that the company says will provide service providers with a smooth evolution to 5G networks. Ericsson… Continue Reading

February 19, 2019 7 years ago

How goes service providers’ progress in reducing caller ID spoofing? The CRTC wants to know

OTTAWA — Without publicly naming names, the CRTC issued a letter Friday to telecom service providers who have not submitted their six-month progress report regarding their implementation of measures… Continue Reading

February 19, 2019 7 years ago

Operators lacking a public cloud strategy could lose millions, Optiva warns

TORONTO — Communication service providers who fail to move core, cloud-native applications to the public cloud risk losing competitive market position and millions of dollars from their bottom line,… Continue Reading

February 19, 2019 7 years ago

Blue Ant’s ZooMoo kids channel continues to expand in Asia

SINGAPORE — Blue Ant Media’s interactive preschool nature channel ZooMoo is now available on the Asian video-on-demand service iflix, the company announced Tuesday. The channel rolled out 20 hours of… Continue Reading

February 19, 2019 7 years ago

Netflix says 1,850 annual jobs to be created with new Toronto production hub

Leasing studio space from Cinespace and Pinewood TORONTO – Netflix announced a significant expansion of its Canadian production presence this morning. The company said today it is creating a dedicated production… Continue Reading