MONTREAL – With the London 2012 Olympic Games set to open in just over a week, Bell has revealed its plans to deliver a multitude of live and on-demand…
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OTTAWA – The CBC is moving forward with its plan to shut down 620 over-the-air analog television transmitters, a move announced in April as part of its budget reductions….
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable is expanding into the U.S. after buying Atlantic Broadband for US$1.36 billion, the company announced Wednesday.
Atlantic is the 14th largest cable television system operator in…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The controversial Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF) will be phased out by August 31, 2014, the CRTC announced Wednesday.
Citing the advertising market’s recovery and the completion of the…
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OTTAWA – The use of a racial term used on an American radio program that was heard on a Calgary radio station breached Canadian broadcast codes, the Canadian Broadcast…
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OTTAWA and TORONTO – Reaction from the broadcasting industry to the CRTC’s plan to depose of the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF) was swift and virtually unanimous.
Mirko Bibic,…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has given the go-ahead to Blue Ant Media to proceed with its acquisition of independent broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV.
High Fidelity owns the specialty services radX…
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REGINA – SaskTel subsidiary DirectWest has released new mysask411 mobile apps to help users locate local businesses, movies, events, coupons, deals, flight information, weather, and maps – all at the touch…
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PHILADELPHIA – Stream TV Network is trialling its new 3D technology that does not require specialized glasses at various public locations around the globe, just in time for the…
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QUEBEC CITY – Canadian test and measurement maker EXFO has sold over 25,000 units of its FTB-200 compact platform to more than 1,000 customers around the world, a milestone that it…
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