TORONTO — Canada’s broadband communications companies are facing growing pressure to raise dividends, as a prolonged period of very low interest rates is causing investors to seek refuge from…
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TORONTO — Competition between Canada’s broadband companies and OTT video streaming services continues to intensify, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.
Canadian television distributors will be able…
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VANCOUVER — Telus Optik TV customers will soon be able to access Netflix directly from any Optik TV set-top box in their home, Telus announced today.
Accessing Netflix directly through…
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TORONTO — Shaw Direct satellite TV customers will soon be able to watch exclusive live matches, tournaments and worldwide sporting events thanks to the addition of beIN Sports to…
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OTTAWA — The CRTC’s decision last week that Vidéotron’s Montreal MAtv community channel is in violation of community television policy and thus must rectify the situation before its cable…
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MONTREAL — Cogeco Data Services says its new 100,000-square-foot data centre in Montreal is on track to launch this coming spring.
Currently under construction in the suburb of Kirkland, the…
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WATERLOO, ONT. — BlackBerry Ltd. has appointed David Kleidermacher as its new chief security officer, responsible for the company’s global Product Security organization.
In his new role, Kleidermacher will oversee…
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LAST WEEK WE SPECULATED that the big, vertically integrated Canadian telecom, cable, wireless and media companies could get out of media.
We talked to a few…
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VANCOUVER — Online entries for the British Columbia Association of Broadcasters (BCAB) Awards of Excellence are open now and will close on Monday, March 9 at noon Pacific time.
The…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. — The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance Inc. (CCSA) and World Media Ministries have completed an agreement to distribute Daystar Canada’s Christian faith-based programming.
CCSA is a not-for-profit buying…
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