OTTAWA – The erroneous use of the term “scab worker” in a news report is “problematic”, says the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC).
The Council reviewed news reports that aired…
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GATINEAU – On November 19th, the day after the CRTC is set to wrap up its look at the DTH satellite TV policies, the Regulator will hear Quebecor Media’s…
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TORONTO – Canada’s only dance station, bpm:tv, kicks off its Fall season on Monday with a lineup of original new productions, more stars, more exclusive interviews and more cutting-edge dance…
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LOUISVILLE, CO – CableLabs has published a new specification to act as a guide for producers, programmers and aggregators of stereoscopic 3D programming.
This new specification, Content Encoding Profiles 3.0…
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REGINA – SaskTel is undertaking a platform upgrade for its Max Entertainment Services that will deliver new features such as multi-room digital TV recorder (DTVR) that allows customers to…
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HALIFAX – Bell Aliant has completed the first multi-residential building in Atlantic Canada fitted with its fibre-to-the-home network FibreOP.
In tandem with residential landlord Killam, Bell Aliant retrofited a 151-unit high…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media is officially in the music business. The company said Wednesday that it will begin selling advertising inventory around Warner Music Canada’s premium music video content…
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As the dust begins to settle after Tuesday’s deferral accounts decision, opinions from industry stakeholders run the gamut from “disappointing” to "harmful" to “reasonable”.
Barrett Xplore Inc., Canada’s…
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TORONTO – While not officially kicking its chief rival when it’s down, Rogers offered up a few thoughts of its own on the CRTC’s decision on deferral accounts.
“One…
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OTTAWA and MONTREAL – Should the CRTC be able to dictate which technology Bell Canada uses to provide broadband to rural and remote communities in communities in Ontario and…
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