TORONTO – Rogers has agreed to purchase for cancellation 1,300,000 of its outstanding Class B non-voting shares for an aggregate purchase price of $44,515,380, which is at a discount…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) has named Devon Jacobs as director of government affairs, effective immediately.
Jacobs has previously held government relations positions at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, and…
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WOODSTOCK, NB – Barrett Xplore Inc. founders Bill Barrett and Ed Barrett have been inducted in to the New Brunswick Business Hall of Fame for their leadership in business…
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TORONTO – Astral’s Playhouse Disney channel will follow suit with its U.S. counterpart and re-brand its English and French-language networks as Disney Junior in May 2011.
The re-branded multiplex channel…
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JAY SWITZER IS ABOUT to find out if Canadians want to accept an invite into his new Hollywood Suite.
That’s the name Switzer, the former CHUM Ltd. CEO, and David…
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OTTAWA – Well known communications lawyer Chris Johnston died Tuesday at his home in Ottawa. Johnston, 75, was diagnosed with cancer in April this year.
Johnston was appointed as General…
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OTTAWA – After a two month investigation, the Competition Bureau announced today it has begun legal proceedings against Rogers Communications to stop what the Bureau says is misleading advertising…
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GATINEAU – Bell TV and Shaw Direct used the rebuttal phase of the CRTC’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) policy hearing to make new proposals in hopes of showing good faith to…
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MONTREAL – Bell has begun doubling its HSPA+ network speeds to a maximum of 42 Mbps, and will introduce initial commercial service in Toronto early next week with the…
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GATINEAU – Canada’s DTH carriers must do a far better job of carrying French-language programming in all regions of Quebec, said the Bloc Québécois, the syndicat des communications de…
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