CALGARY – Shaw’s application to buy Canwest excludes Canadians with disabilities, according to Media Access Canada (MAC).
MAC, the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians, the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association…
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WE’RE NOT USED TO what we saw Tuesday. When Shaw Communications appears before the CRTC, we more often than not witness quarrelsome company executives facing off against sometimes testy…
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MARKHAM – Broadcasters will be offered a sneak peak at the new Canadian Association of Radio Broadcasters (CARB) when former CAB chair Elmer Hildebrand keynotes the annual general meeting of…
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OTTAWA – The big players in Canada’s wireless broadband space have told Industry Canada that it should avoid adopting the U.S. plan for the 2500 MHz band and instead…
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TORONTO – While more and more Canadians opt for smart phones like BlackBerry’s, iPhones and Android-powered devices, increased competition in the market is going to hurt the incumbent wireless…
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VANCOUVER – Astral Radio’s Virgin Radio Vancouver and AM 650 are set reduce their paper consumption by 95%, thanks to an Australian invention called Workflow.
Workflow, North America’s first-ever paperless…
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QUEBEC CITY – Videotron is bringing “Canada’s fastest Internet access service” to Quebec City starting Wednesday.
The new package, called ‘Ultimate Speed Internet 120’, will target heavy bandwidth users with…
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TORONTO – As the CRTC considers Shaw’s proposed purchase of Canwest Global’s TV assets, one industry analyst specualted on the implications of content providers making their content proprietary.
In a note…
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OTTAWA – Bell is spearheading a multi-year charitable program to support mental health initiatives across the country, and has signed Olympic speed skater Clara Hughes as its spokesperson.
At an event…
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GATINEAU – Canada’s public and private broadcasters are urging the CRTC to implement a local-into-local signal carriage regime for the country’s direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast distributors, saying the time has…
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