OTTAWA – Don’t expect the government to take the lead or to extend the digital transition deadline beyond August 31, 2011.
That appears to be the message behind a short statement issued…
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IS APPLE INC. trying to deflect criticism of its new iPhone 4 antenna design by claiming that all smart phones suffer reception problems? Executives at BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) seem…
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OTTAWA – Canada has officially removed foreign ownership restrictions on satellite carriers.
Parliament enacted the necessary legislation (see Part 23) last week, giving royal assent to the changes contained in…
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TORONTO – Setanta Sports will launch an HD version of its international sports channel next month.
Starting August 1st, Setanta Sports HD will carry over 500 live and “near live”…
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TORONTO – Wind Mobile has doubled up its retail presence in the greater Toronto area in a bid to reach out to the city’s ethnic communities.
The wireless upstart announced Friday that…
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OTTAWA – While the Commission has been prepared to consider applications for competitive news specialty services since last year, it is unmoved when it comes to considering them as…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment is voluntarily delisting its class B non-voting shares from the New York Stock Exchange in an effort to cut costs.
The company said that it will…
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TORONTO – Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed Telesat’s ratings and said that its outlook remains ‘stable’.
Moody’s said Friday that Telesat’s B2 corporate family and probability of default ratings (CFR…
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MONTREAL – Public Mobile is slowly working out the kinks in its wireless network in Montreal.
A post on the company blog on Friday said its network team “is…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – With some 400 or so days to go until Canadian over-the-air broadcasters must transition to digital, the CRTC has weighed in on a few of the many…
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