EXTON, PA – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has approved the development of new standards related to stereoscopic 3D for cable, environmental requirements for equipment designed for…
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LOUISVILLE, CO – The Internet Society has designated June 8, 2011 as World IPv6 Day and will coordinate a 24-hour test of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the next-generation…
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VANCOUVER – Telus has added French, English and Mandarin versions of Fox International’s BabyTV to its Optik TV lineup.
Founded in 2003, BabyTV provides commercial-free, original programming for babies and…
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OTTAWA – On the eve of International Missing Children’s Day, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection launched a new website called MissingKids.ca designed to become the country’s national missing children…
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NEW YORK – Something relatively unique in Canadian television is launching today in New York.
A brand new cable channel, Fight Now TV is launching on Cablevision, the 8th-largest cable operator…
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TORONTO – While one analyst made waves yesterday predicting the potential Canadian entry of Mexican wireless giant America Movil, another today says such a move is unlikely.
UBS Securities analyst…
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DARTMOUTH – Newcap is selling its two Winnipeg-based radio stations to Evanov Radio Group subsidiary Dufferin Communications for $5.5 million.
The deal includes news station CKJS AM, K-Rock 100.7 (CHNK FM),…
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OTTAWA – One year after its launch, 25,000 Canadians now subscribe to the wireless Amber Alerts program, according to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA).
The free text message service…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC will examine a number of new specialty TV channel and radio applications this July.
The applications, made public Thursday, include a new French-language channel from Astral…
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TORONTO – Entertainment One’s Prentiss Fraser has been named board chair of Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) for the upcoming term, replacing outgoing chair Susan Ross.
“WIFT-T…
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