CALGARY – When Shaw Communications completes the purchase of Canwest Global, the vertically integrated entity will be so large and influential that some safeguards have to be attached as…
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Perry Hoffman
GATINEAU – Canadian cable operators do not believe that a local-into-local signal carriage regime imposed on DTH companies would be disastrous for the operations of Bell TV and Shaw Direct….
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TORONTO – Glenn O’Farrell is the new president and CEO of the Office of French-language Educational Communications Ontario (OTÉLFO), the organization announced Thursday.
O’Farrell’s was previously head of Media de Novo,…
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TORONTO and OTTAWA – The CRTC should rethink its decision to delay considering applications for mandatory basic digital distribution.
That message seems to be picking up steam, and not just with…
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SO, IS THE TELUS Canadian Football League mobile application exclusive to Telus customers or not? On Wednesday during the CRTC’s hearing into the purchase of Canwest Television by Shaw…
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CALGARY – Like everyone else, the Writers Guild of Canada says it’s pretty happy Shaw Communications decided to buy Canwest Global.
But also like a lot of others, the WGC…
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CALGARY – If the Shaw-Canwest $200-million tangible benefits package has to be altered or improved – as many, including the CRTC chair on Tuesday morning, have suggested – the…
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TORONTO – Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will be in Toronto this morning to officially launch Netflix in Canada.
The service here will apparently not include the successful DVD-by-mail service the…
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TORONTO – Business News Network (BNN) has re-launched its website in an effort to become known as Canada’s premier on-line destination for business news.
The site’s new features include blogs, navigation,…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications rolled out a $900 million senior notes offering on Wednesday.
The notes are priced at $999.45 per $1,000 principal amount, for an effective yield of 4.707% per…
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