OTTAWA – The CBC will eliminate 650 jobs, including 475 this fiscal year, as it struggles to swallow the $115 million in budget cuts announced as part of last week’s…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor-owned retailer Groupe Archambault has launched ZIK, a new subscription-based music streaming service offering 12 million songs with fully interactive and unlimited access.
ZIK is also the largest…
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RADIO IS NOT DEAD. Obituaries for the broadcast medium have been written and re-written over the past 10, 20, 30 and even 40 years and, yet, it lives on.
Oddly,…
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TORONTO – TSN is gearing up to cover The Masters from every angle on-air, online and via a new app for iPad and iPhone.
Live coverage includes the Par 3…
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TORONTO – The year 2011 ended on a profitable note for Asian Television Network International (ATN) with net income up 164%.
The broadcaster reported profits of $5.3 million for the…
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WATERLOO – Research In Motion unveiled a new service for its business customers Tuesday that consolidates the management of Apple and Android devices in addition to BlackBerrys.
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion…
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VICTORIA – Vecima Networks’ “special purpose entity” YourLink sold $7.3 million worth of spectrum to Xplornet Broadband Inc. as part of the second phase of an agreement to divest of its 3.5…
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OTTAWA – A radio host’s discussion about feeding hits of acid to a cat did not promote violence against animals and therefore did not breach any broadcast codes, the Canadian…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has rejected a request to stay its recent decisions on introducing local phone and broadband competition in areas served by small independent phone companies.
The Commission…
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TORONTO – Mobilicity has added voice roaming and data to most of its plans at no extra charge.
The new entrant’s top-of-the-line $55 plan now comes with 60 free minutes…
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