TORONTO – Delighted with their early business successes, major cable operators are stepping up their efforts to capture sizable chunks of the commercial telecom services market and recruit larger…
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LAST FALL, AROUND THE TIME of the CBC’s 75th anniversary, Edmonton MP Brent Rathgeber suggested the broadcaster become more commercially self-reliant. It couldn’t fulfill its mandate if “few people…
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TORONTO – With the London 2012 Olympic Games just four months away, Canada's Olympic broadcast media consortium has added more broadcast talent to its roster.
Olympians Donovan Bailey, Curt Harnett,…
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MONTREAL – Videotron is rolling out an enhanced version of its illico digital TV service that will allow customers to use their remotes to access interactive entertainment and information…
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TORONTO – Sportsnet has all the bases covered this season when it comes to MLB’s Toronto Blue Jays.
In addition to airing all 162 of the team’s games on Sportsnet…
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TORONTO – Layoffs have hit the management level of Rogers Communications.
The company confirmed Thursday that it has let go approximately 300 people, spread amongst its cable, wireless and media…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC introduced new regulations on Thursday designed to help it police spam.
The Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations include Information to be included in commercial electronic messages (CEM),…
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OTTAWA – A public affairs discussion that failed to distinguish between “free” and “subsidized” housing violated broadcasting codes, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) said Thursday.
The CBSC reviewed a…
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TORONTO – Blonder Tongue has acquired electronic communication equipment maker R.L. Drake, including its Canadian sales and service centre Drake Canada. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
New Jersey-based…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications is creating a new advertising marketplace for its on-demand content using a system from BlackArrow, the companies announced Thursday.
BlackArrow’s Advanced Advertising System provides cable system…
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