TORONTO – When Corus purchased Shaw Media last year, along with the company came 15 union members who belonged to the Canadian Media Guild.
Shortly after joining Corus, the group…
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SEATTLE – Amazon’s voice-activated digital assistant Alexa is coming to Canada and bringing the company’s voice-controlled Echo speakers.
Amazon said Wednesday that it is now accepting pre-orders for Alexa-enabled devices Echo,…
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OTTAWA – Canadians are so reliant upon their internet service that some 46% said that they’d give up fast food for a year rather than disconnect, says a report…
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MONTREAL – Videotron is packaging the mobile version of its SVoD service Club illico in with every new mobile plan subscription.
The company quoted research that found 20% of Quebec…
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MONTREAL – Canadians are watching more television now than they did last year, and engagement towards Canadian films is steadily rising, says a new report.
Canadian Audiences 2017 was released…
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TORONTO – Blue Ant Media has added two more to its recently launched Kids & Global Networks division.
Beatrice Lee has been named to the newly created role of CEO…
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OTTAWA – It’s been five years since Canada’s copyright laws got a major makeover and now the federal government is going to determine whether more changes are needed (a…
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OTTAWA – Piracy continues to be a major problem for the international content industry. Whether it’s the Premier League football in the UK or HBO’s Game of Thrones, rights…
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OTTAWA – Brendan Carr, recently appointed commissioner of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has some advice for Canadian spectrum regulators: avoid using spectrum set asides in the 600…
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OTTAWA – This new guy is definitely different from the last one.
Exactly five years ago, then-new chair Jean-Pierre Blais used Ottawa’s IIC Canada conference to set out his plan…
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