CALGARY – Shaw Communications’ new movie service Shaw Movie Club is off to a rather controversial start.
Last Thursday, while promoting the launch of the service, president Peter Bissonnette said…
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SO MANY WORDS, so few facts. So much fear. Is OTT the new “Death Star”?
I simply must stop learning to be so hopeful when it comes to these CRTC…
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TORONTO – In advance of their pending merger, XM Canada and Sirius Canada released their consolidated standalone financial results for the third quarter ended May 31, 2011.
Revenue at Sirius Canada…
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OTTAWA – Governor General David Johnston, the late Ed Jarmain, the late Dr. George Sinclair and Dr. Michael Binder will be inducted into the Telecommunications Hall of Fame this fall…
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OTTAWA – Calling next month’s digital transition “an unprecedented opportunity for community broadcasting, rural broadband and cell service”, the Canadian Association of Community TV Users and Stations (CACTUS) is…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC is requiring nomadic and fixed/non-native VoIP service providers to make their customers’ telephone numbers available to 9-1-1 operators.
In a policy released late last week,…
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OTTAWA – Bell Media’s request for a new movie channel, a French-language Discovery Channel and a female-skewing channel called Bella, are among a multitude of new television and radio…
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REGINA – SaskTel and the Communications, Energy and Paperworker’s Union of Canada (CEP) have formally agreed on a new agreement.
CEP union members voted late last week to ratify the…
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TORONTO – Corus-owned Talk Radio AM640 has named Canadian journalist Arlene Bynon as the station’s new afternoon drive host, replacing Bill Watters.
Effective immediately, The Arlene Bynon Show can be…
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TORONTO – Mobilicity has unveiled some intergalactic spokespersons and the tagline ‘Now, that’s smart’ as part of its new corporate identity.
The wireless carrier said Monday that part of its new strategy…
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