October 26, 2011 14 years ago

Network engineering on cusp of change as TV prime time = online prime time, says report

IMAGINE TUNING INTO the World Series on Rogers Sportsnet and a little bar popped up on the bottom of your TV screen that said “buffering…” or that you saw… Continue Reading

October 26, 2011 14 years ago

4G voted ‘ideal phone feature’ by 75% of In-Stat survey respondents

THE RAPID ADOPTION and growth of smart phones and other mobile computing devices has pushed the expectation needle for the ideal feature set to new levels.  While most handsets… Continue Reading

October 26, 2011 14 years ago

BlackBerry outage could result in class-action lawsuit

MONTREAL – Beleaguered Research In Motion is bracing for a class action lawsuit launched by the Consumer Law Group Inc. on behalf of Canadians impacted by BlackBerry service outages… Continue Reading

October 26, 2011 14 years ago

Despite Q4 ad dip, Corus praises TV division for “excellent” 2011 results

TORONTO – While Corus Entertainment credited its television division for its solid fourth quarter and 2011 year end results released Wednesday, its specialty ad sales department took its lumps… Continue Reading

October 26, 2011 14 years ago

CRTC 2011-206: Equal access has outlived its purpose, say Yak/Wind

GATINEAU – Yak Communications and Wind Mobile (both of which are owned by Globalive) believe that equal access on wireline and wireless may have outlived its useful purpose. Representatives… Continue Reading

October 26, 2011 14 years ago

Rogers reports “balanced” quarter

TORONTO – Profits at Rogers rose 29% in the third quarter, ended September 30, while net income was $491 million, up from $380 million in the same period last year…. Continue Reading

October 26, 2011 14 years ago

Rogers CFO Linton to retire next year

TORONTO – After announcing its third quarter results on Wednesday morning, Rogers also said that CFO Bill Linton will retire next year.  He will be replaced by Anthony… Continue Reading

October 25, 2011 14 years ago

Secretary-General Robert “the plumber” Morin, retires

WHILE HIS NAME MAY have been on every submission to the CRTC over the last four-plus years, few, if any know what Robert Morin thinks of Canadian cultural and… Continue Reading

October 25, 2011 14 years ago

Corus, Astral finalize content deals with NBCUniversal

TORONTO – Corus Entertainment and Astral Media both finalized multi-year deals with NBCUniversal Television Canada Tuesday for the linear and non-linear rights to numerous titles from the Hollywood studio… Continue Reading

October 25, 2011 14 years ago

Astral cracks billion dollar revenue ceiling

MONTREAL – Astral Media reported “record” revenue of $1.02 billion for its 2011 fiscal year, the first time that it has passed the billion dollar mark.

The Montreal-based media company… Continue Reading