OTTAWA – Michael Schwartz has left Sprint Corp. to rejoin Telesat as its senior vice-president, corporate and business development.
Schwartz (pictured) was Telesat’s VP of marketing, corporate development and regulatory…
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TORONTO – Asian Television Network International has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights for international field hockey competition Hockey World League Finals.
Both the men's and women's Hockey World League Final…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications has rolled out two new connectivity solutions for small and medium businesses called SmartWiFi and SmartSecurity.
According to the news release, SmartSecurity enables companies with limited…
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WHEN DHX MEDIA ANNOUNCED in April it wouldn’t renew a licensing deal with The Walt Disney Co. leaving big holes in the Family Channel schedule, questions immediately arose over…
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GATINEAU – Bell Canada wants the CRTC to expand certain rulings announced in its recent wholesale wireline decision as it relates to two specific types…
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OTTAWA–GATINEAU – The CRTC teamed up with Peel Regional Police Services in Ontario on Tuesday to enter and inspect a property in Brampton as part of an ongoing investigation…
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TORONTO – Hollywood Suite tis gearing up for a national free preview of its four HDTV movie channels, from December 8 through to January 12.
The independent broadcaster said that the…
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TORONTO – While live viewing commands a significant share of total television viewing in Canada, Numeris is now measuring on-demand viewing, which is says delivers “bonus audiences” for programs.
Its…
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REGINA – SaskTel has targeted the residential areas of Estevan and Weyburn as next in line to receive its fibre optic network infiNET.
infiNET is being deployed through SaskTel’s Fibre…
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OTTAWA – With its two Discoverability Summit pre-events set for next week, the CRTC has unveiled the expert participants tapped for the ‘En route to the Discoverability Summit’ confabs…
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