BANFF – Vertically integrated media companies in Canada are essential to the long term health and viability of the Canadian production industry, delegates at the 2011 Banff World Media…
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BANFF – CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein is one busy guy these days – just ask him. “We have a hearing virtually every month which is unheard of”, he…
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BANFF – It seems as though you can’t go far at the Banff World Media Festival without hearing talk about over-the-top (OTT) providers, and, depending on your point of…
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TORONTO – Shaw Media announced today it has made a couple of new hires in its marketing department.
Sherida German has been appointed to the newly created role of senior…
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TORONTO – As promised last week, Telus announced Monday the company is lowering its roaming voice and data rates by up to 60%.
With the launch of Telus’ new…
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DARTMOUTH, N.S. – Radio broadcaster Newfoundland Capital Corporation boasted revenue of $26.9 million in the first quarter of 2011, $1.2 million (5%) higher than last year. This increase was…
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SHEDIAC, NB – Bell Aliant rolled out its fibre-to-the-home network in Shediac, NB, offering an additional 3,600 customers access to FibreOP.
The additional $1.5 million investment brings the company’s overall FibreOP investment…
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OTTAWA – Tom Cox of SEVEN24Films was re-elected as board chair of the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) as the organization introduced its new board for 2011-2013.
Elected by CMPA…
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REGINA – SaskTel is continuing to roll out its 4G network, adding 15 more locations across the province this week.
The 4G network offers both increased bandwidth and download speeds…
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LOUISVILLE, CO – How best to run interactive applications within video-on-demand (VOD) content was front and centre at a recent interoperability lab event at CableLabs.
The event, which ran May…
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