OTTAWA – The CRTC kicks off a public hearing on Monday to consider group-based licence renewals for English-language television groups, and Cartt.ca will be there.
The hearing will begin at…
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TORONTO – Shaw Media’s new Global Video app is now available at the iTunes store for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
The free app offers Canadian viewers access to…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC began using a using a harmonized set of rules on Friday to process the majority of its broadcasting and telecommunications applications, and to guide public participation…
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MONTREAL – BCE launched its Bell Media business unit on Friday after officially closing its $3.2 billion acquisition of CTV.
The new division, led by president Kevin Crull, encompasses all…
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TORONTO – With the London 2012 Olympic Games still more than 15 months away, Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium has signed its first multiplatform sponsorship agreement for the Summer…
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WINNIPEG – Rogers and MTS Allstream flipped the switch on their joint HSPA + wireless voice and data network in Manitoba on Thursday.
Covering 97% of the province’s population, the…
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PRESCOTT and RUSSELL, ON – Barrett Xplore debuted its 4G WiMAX high-speed Internet service in Ontario on Thursday.
Under its Xplornet brand, the rural broadband provider began offering coverage in the…
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CALGARY and EDMONTON – CBC broadcasts on its Calgary and Edmonton affiliates shift to high definition starting Friday, the ‘pubcaster said.
Viewers in the two Alberta centres will be able…
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Netflix and Paramount have reached a multi-year deal that will see hundreds of new movie titles, including the exclusive subscription television rights to all first-run…
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OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has once again been excluded from the country’s televised national leadership debates.
The broadcast consortium of CBC, Radio-Canada, CTV, Global and TVA, which is…
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