OTTAWA – The CRTC has approved Bell Aliant’s request for forbearance from the regulation of residential local exchange services in 19 exchanges in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC estimates that the total amount of Part II licence fees that it will assess in 2011 is $101.8 million.
The Commission said Friday that the fees,…
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CELLPHONE USE DOES NOT increase the risk of cancer, according to a new study conducted by Danish researchers and published on the British Medical Journal’s website Friday.
The large…
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TORONTO – The country’s largest radio operator, Astral Media, will launch a brand new online music on demand and music streaming service on November 1st, one of its executives…
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CALGARY – Despite a jump in revenues, profits at Shaw Communications dropped for its fourth quarter and 2011 fiscal year ended August 31.
The Calgary-based media giant said Thursday that…
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OTTAWA – Quebecor Media’s CEO used an appearance at a Parliamentary committee to slam not only the CBC/Radio-Canada for its lack of accountability to Canadians, but also other media…
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TORONTO – Canadian telephone companies long sought a way to deliver a TV experience to their customers.
Bell Canada opted early on for a satellite solution, having come to realize…
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OTTAWA – The real battle of the CRTC’s interconnection hearing that starts next week is going to be over whether the new entrant wireless service providers and long distance…
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TORONTO – A confirmed bear market and non-stop changes and challenges means investors are pretty nervous about the long-term future of traditional media companies, BMO analyst Tim Casey told…
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THE DEMAND FOR LTE handsets will increase exponentially as new LTE networks are deployed across the world. According to new research from In-Stat, this transition is already underway, and LTE…
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