WOODSTOCK, NB – Rural broadband service provider Xplornet Communications has contracted with ViaSat Inc. for all of the Canadian residential capacity on its upcoming ViaSat-2 satellite, scheduled to launch…
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OTTAWA – Despite an 11% uptick in revenue, Telesat ended its first quarter of 2014 with a loss.
The global satellite operator reported a net loss of $28 million for…
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EDMONTON – Super Channel has named Melissa Kajpust as head of creative development.
Reporting to president and COO Malcolm Knox, Kajpust (pictured) will direct a team of development executives to…
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TORONTO – Shaw Media has green lit Global’s original medical drama Remedy for a second season.
After averaging nearly 1 million viewers each week (2+) in its inaugural season, 10…
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TORONTO – Fantasy Sports Television Network (FNTSY) has inked a content partnership with Bloomberg Sports which will include a daily 30-minute show on fantasy and sports analytics entitled Bloomberg…
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HALIFAX – Despite continued growth in its fibre-to-the-home product FibreOp, Bell Aliant reported a $14 million drop in first quarter profits.
Net earnings of $69 million in the first quarter ended…
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MONTREAL – Pierre Dion, president and CEO of TVA Group Inc., will be the host and speaker at a special CTAM event on May 21 in Montreal.
Dion will discuss…
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OTTAWA – Spending on tangible public benefits related to the acquisition of regulated Canadian broadcast television assets declined significantly to $108.8 million (all for English-language benefits initiatives) in the…
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TORONTO – Bell Media’s Space is Space is teaming up with Syfy on the upcoming original adventure drama series Killjoys.
Produced by Temple Street Productions of Orphan Black fame, Killjoys…
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OTTAWA – Forty-one campus and community radio stations will receive $1.1 million from the latest round of funding of the Community Radio Fund of Canada’s (CRFC) Radiometres program.
In total,…
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