YELLOWKNIFE – Ice Wireless and Iristel are joining forces to offer telecommunications and Internet services in the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut this summer.
Privately-held VoIP provider Iristel, which is…
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OTTAWA – A month after the government announced plans to overhaul Canada's foreign investment review process, it is also making rule changes that could make it easier for Canadian companies…
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OTTAWA – After considering 11 different radio station applications for Calgary, the CRTC handed out licences to Jim Pattison Broadcast Group and Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) this week.
The…
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MONTREAL – Videotron is offering the enhanced version of its illico digital TV next week to even more of its service area, citing popular demand.
Using a new interactive set top box,…
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OTTAWA – Comments made by the hosts of the Dean Blundell Show, broadcast on CFNY-FM (102.1 The Edge, Toronto), violated the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code of Ethics, Equitable…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC will continue in its search for a “sustainable solution” to meet the telecommunications needs of Canadians with hearing and speech disabilities.
While text relay services meet the needs…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has tweaked the conditions of licence for mainstream sports and national news channels as it pertains to the broadcast day.
On Friday, the Commission said that its revisions will…
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TORONTO – This is the last chance to register for the CTAM panel ‘Sports Television: Will the Goose Stop Laying it’s Golden Eggs’ taking place on Tuesday, May 29 at the CBC building…
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RICHARD STURSBERG CAN be a polarizing figure. He knows he rubs some people the wrong way (and I think he kinda likes being the thorn in some sides).
You can…
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MONTREAL – The Quebec Superior Court has offered its blessing to BCE's purchase of Astral.
After reviewing the proposed $3.5 billion deal, the court declared Friday that the arrangement is fair…
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