TORONTO – Astral Media’s new kids network Disney XD launched across the country on Wednesday with a mix of high definition live action and animated programming.
An advertiser-supported TV network…
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EXTON, PA – Cox Communications’ Pat Esser will deliver an opening address at this year’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo.
Esser, who has driven the technological change behind such Cox services as…
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TORONTO – After launching a U.S. advertising division, Toronto-based digital media distribution company Yangaroo said that it has secured over 1000 U.S. broadcast destinations.
Yangaroo’s patented digital media distribution system…
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TORONTO – Canadian content producers may want to polish their pitches for the folks at Bell Media. The company said Wednesday that it has kicked off its Bell Benefits program…
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TORONTO – Robert Dépatie doesn’t exactly see eye-to-eye with Rob Bruce.
A day after Bruce, the president of the cable and wireless arm of Rogers Communications, called for no…
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MONTREAL – Approximately 326 million dual-mode (3G + LTE) devices will be activated by 2016, according to new research from Maravedis.
In its report Global 4G Device Forecast 2011-2016…
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TORONTO – With the NHL’s Stanley Cup Finals underway, CBC’s Hockey Night In Canada is experimenting with social media in some unique ways.
Through a partnership with Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft and…
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MONTREAL – Videotron has begun implementing the IPv6 Internet Protocol, becoming the first major Internet service provider in Canada to offer all of its customers IPv6 access.
The company said…
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AS THE WAYS IN WHICH consumers can get video content proliferate, traditional media producers and distributors are worried about their future.
They hear tons of anecdotal evidence that Canadians are…
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TORONTO – Global TV will add six new dramas and six new comedies to its 2011/12 primetime schedule, the broadcaster announced Tuesday.
Headlining Global’s lineup of new acquisitions is Prime…
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