MONTREAL – Quebecor saw its first quarter profits jump 52%, however, the majority of the increase was due to a “favourable variance in gain on valuation and translation of…
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OTTAWA – Blue Ant Media is paying $85 million to buy independent broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV, according to a CRTC application made public on Wednesday.
As Cartt.ca…
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TORONTO – MTS Allstream continues to make “solid progress” on its converged IP sales, and reaffirmed its focus on expanding its IP fibre network into select markets across Canada.
In…
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MONTREAL – Quebec government fees were to blame for a quarterly net loss of $39.3 million, TVA Group said Tuesday in its financial results for the period ended March…
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VANCOUVER – Telus withdrew its share conversion proposal just hours before the plan was to be put to a vote at its annual general meeting of shareholders on Wednesday…
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GATINEAU – Tom Perlmutter has been reappointed as government film commissioner and chair of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) for a second five year term.
Perlmutter was first awarded the…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Broadcasters and television service providers will have to turn down the volume on loud television commercials starting this September.
The Commission published its final regulations on Tuesday after…
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TORONTO – SCN was a publicly-owned educational broadcaster which the Saskatchewan provincial government decided to shutter in 2010. After some local complaints, the politicians instead made the decision to…
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WATERLOO – Wireless industry veterans Kristian Tear and Frank Boulben are joining Research In Motion as its new chief operating officer and chief marketing officer, respectively.
Tear joins RIM from…
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EDMONTON – Telus has announced plans to spend $2 billion in Alberta over the next three years to further expand its wireless and wireline broadband networks.
In addition to hiring 750…
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