Commissioner Shoan wanted a hearing
GATINEAU – After the close of trading Wednesday, the CRTC announced it has approved the $2.65 billion purchase of Shaw Media by Corus Entertainment.
In legal/regulatory…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment has named Deirdre Brennan as vice-president of content, Corus Kids.
Brennan (pictured) was most recently at ABC TV as head of children’s overseeing ABC KIDS, ABC3,…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Connexion has completed its new free wireless Internet network in the Ontario city of Hamilton.
With over 300 hotspots, Cogeco said that the network was largely built…
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MONTREAL and FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The continued karaoke partnership between Stingray Digital Group and The Singing Machine Company has resulted in significant growth in customers, downloads and…
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TORONTO – Videotron’s Valérie Héroux is headed to Harvard in June as this year’s recipient of the CTAM Canada Fellowship Award, also known as CTAM U.
Héroux, pictured, holds a…
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TORONTO – The Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario has renewed its sponsorship in support of TVO’s flagship current affairs program The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
This marks the ninth…
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Digital strategy, broadband for urban poor, not addressed
OTTAWA – After years of neglect, outright disdain and budget cuts from the previous government, CBC/Radio-Canada is getting what some consider a…
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CASL needs to be fixed, or killed
LAST WEEK I RECEIVED several unsolicited emails, including the one shown below, asking for a donation to support Republican party leader hopeful John…
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OTTAWA – With Canada’s paid TV subscriptions in decline, fibre optic (IPTV) TV service subscriptions continue to grow and have overtaken satellite for second place behind cable distribution, says…
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TORONTO – Canada’s anti-spam legislation and the unsolicited telecommunications rules are here to stay, something that should be welcomed by the country’s “legitimate marketers”, CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais told…
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