OTTAWA – “Combined, the new entrants spent about $3 billion to acquire spectrum, build networks and go after subscribers,” said John Bitove, the chairman of foundering wireless company Mobilicity…
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OTTAWA – The fact that 700 MHz wireless spectrum (taken back from TV broadcasters in 2011 and sold to wireless companies for $5.3 billion earlier this year) will continue…
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MONTREAL – CBC President and CEO Hubert Lacroix isn’t sugar-coating the news. He isn’t going to pretend that the 657 full-time equivalent jobs being cut this month — and…
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TORONTO and GATINEAU – Ethnic Channels Group Ltd. has lobbed pretty serious accusations at VMedia Inc., alleging the company is using the public Internet to deliver TV services and…
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LOS ANGELES – In a move aimed at blanketing the U.S. with wireless coverage, Comcast is looking to extend its WiFi network to as many as 8 million hotspots…
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LOS ANGELES – Attempting to fight back against the escalating 1 Gig rollouts of Google Fiber, AT&T, CenturyLink and other broadband rivals, leading U.S. cable operators are boosting their…
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TORONTO – In what may be music to Canadians’ ears, Google launched its popular Play Music streaming service in Canada on Monday.
Offering access to 25 million songs on all devices,…
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TORONTO – CTV has nailed the exclusive Canadian broadcast rights to Israeli reality series Rising Star from Keshet International.
The new series, scheduled to debut June 22, allows viewers to…
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TORONTO – Telelatino marked Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo on Monday with the launch of Spanish-language TV channel Univision Canada.
A rebrand of TLN en Español, the channel will…
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OTTAWA – Industry Canada has approved a transfer of spectrum licence held by Latitude Wireless Inc. to Bell Mobility Inc.
On January 9, 2014, Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. (BCE), Latitude…
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