TORONTO – Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium won best cross-platform project of 2010 while its head, Alon Marcovici, picked up executive of the year honours at this year’s Canadian…
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TORONTO – The first ever 3D broadcast of CBC’s Hockey Night In Canada is coming to TV screens across the country.
Viewers with a 3D-ready television, along with the associated…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has completed its review of the large incumbent local exchange carriers’ support structure service rates.
The ILECs’ support structure services are tariffed wholesale services that make…
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OTTAWA – Eleven companies that provide basic international telecommunications services (BITS) to Canadians have had their licences revoked by the CRTC.
The Commission said Friday that the companies failed…
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OTTAWA – Even in a weak economic recovery, profits in Canada’s telecommunications have remained strong thanks to cost control and demand for new technologies, says a new report from…
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ENGLEWOOD, CO – The Dish Network has become the first pay-TV provider to allow customers to watch live TV on their Apple iPads.
The US satellite company said Wednesday that…
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TORONTO – Robert Hurst is stepping down as president of CTV News and Current Affairs, the network announced Wednesday.
Hurst has been with CTV for 38 years after being named…
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TORONTO – Canadian entertainment retailer hmv will soon be stocking Mobilicity’s mobile phone offerings alongside its DVDs and CDs.
"There are a lot of synergies between Mobilicity, hmv and the…
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TURIN, Italy – Backward compatible 3D TV took to the airwaves in Turin, Italy earlier this week.
Free-to-air 3D HDTV broadcasts with a system for backwards compatibility with 2D TV sets…
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MONTREAL – Astral is gearing up for the tenth edition of ‘Media’s Big Food Drive’ to be held across the province of Quebec on Thursday.
Employees, television and radio hosts from…
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