TORONTO – Astral RadioPlus kicked off their expansion into Atlantic Canada by opening of a national sales office in Halifax this week, and by hiring Karen Fryer as its new national account manager.
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HALIFAX – Bell Aliant has sold its Xwave information technology division to Bell Canada in a deal valued at $40 million.
Tuesday’s announcement said that with xwave now part of…
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TORONTO and OTTAWA – Shaw’s acquisition of the TV assets formerly controlled by Canwest Global garnered cautious approval from a number of industry stakeholders.
After the Commission gave its official…
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GATINEAU – Canada’s major cable companies and telcos are squaring off against MTS Allstream and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre over the CRTC’s authority to mandate broadband as an…
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NEW ORLEANS – In a cable first, industry engineers are now openly debating how to make the big jump to IPTV as they aim to stretch their networks’ reach…
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NEW ORLEANS – This year’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo attracted more than 8,200 attendees and nearly 400 exhibitors to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, organizers have…
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OTTAWA – Mobilicity is ratcheting up its marketing as it prepares to launch in three more major urban centres: Ottawa, Edmonton and Vancouver. Service in Ottawa will be available…
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GATINEAU – Since all of the country’s biggest broadcasters (save CBC) will soon all be owned by Canada’s biggest carriers, the CRTC has announced a new proceeding to examine…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications will take full ownership of Canwest Global on Wednesday, the company announced this afternoon, just after the CRTC said it approved of the transaction.
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CALGARY – As has been expected, Brad Shaw, the younger brother of CEO Jim, has been appointed chief executive officer of Shaw Communications, effective January 13, 2011. After 12…
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