MONTREAL – Bell’s new turbo stick hit the Toronto market on Tuesday, becoming the first data device to operate on its new ultra-fast Dual Cell HSPA+ network.
The Novatel…
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WINNIPEG – APTN CEO Jean LaRose will be one of 14 Canadians that will receive a 2011 National Aboriginal Achievement Award.
The awards, which celebrate Aboriginal Canadians who have made a profound…
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OTTAWA – A Toronto radio host violated the equitable portrayal code after stereotyping an ethnic group by referring to Gypsies engaged in illegal activity, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s top two communications industry regulators lamented the fact that they don’t have the appropriate tools to deal with a rapidly changing marketplace.
CRTC chair Konrad von…
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TORONTO – Satellite radio competitors XM Canada and Sirius will merge in Canada, just as their American parent companies did over two years ago.
Wednesday’s announcement said that the all-stock…
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TORONTO – Bell is hoping to attract ethnic audiences to its Fibe TV service with the addition of four South Asian-themed channels and three Mandarin-language channels to its lineup.
General entertainment channel…
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TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) disbursed a record amount of $327 million last year to help produce 4,400 hours of programming, including 932 hours of new broadcast…
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TORONTO – Canadian actress Jill Hennessy will receive this year’s International Achievement Award from Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T).
The award is presented to a Canadian woman…
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TORONTO – Rogers has agreed to purchase for cancellation 1,200,000 of its outstanding Class B non-voting shares for an aggregate purchase price of $40,761,720, which it says is at a…
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TORONTO – Astral will use its digital network signs in Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver to broadcast Amber Alerts, the company said Wednesday.
The Astral Out-of-Home Amber Alert Program will enable…
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