TORONTO – Rogers is adding CTV’s prime time content to its on-demand platform, the company said Tuesday.
The announcement comes days after its biggest competitor – Bell – announced that…
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MONTREAL – Solid third quarter growth at Videotron helped to offset declines at Quebecor’s media division for its third quarter ended September 30th.
In its telecommunications segment, the company recorded…
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TORONTO – Oprah Winfrey’s new channel will debut in Canada on March 1, 2011, two months after its U.S. premiere, Corus confirmed Tuesday.
At an upfront presentation to advertisers…
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ACCORDING TO THE third quarter results of parent company Orascom Telecom, its Canadian operation, Wind Mobile, now has over 140,000 subscribers in Canada.
As of the end of September this…
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TORONTO – Scott Moore, director of CBC Sports and general manager of the CBC Revenue Group, is leaving CBC effective immediately.
Tuesday’s surprise announcement did not include details on Moore’s…
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TORONTO – Glassbox Television has completed its acquisition of the Category 1 specialty channel Travel + Escape from CTV.
Under a transitional services agreement, the physical broadcast operations of the…
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A GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE designed to stop incumbent ISPs like Bell, Rogers and Shaw from implementing usage-based billing seems to be quietly gaining momentum.
Led by the consumer group OpenMedia.ca, the campaign launched…
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MONTREAL – Astral Media has overhauled its website to better align with the company’s new visual identity which debuted in May.
Astral said in a press release that the…
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OTTAWA – The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology fast-tracked proposed anti-spam legislation last week with very little debate. Bill C-28, which proposes a number of new provisions…
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VANCOUVER – Strong results in its wireless business, combined with a record in TV additions figured prominently in Telus’ third quarter results.
Total net wireless subscriber additions of 153,000, including 132,000 postpaid,…
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