CALGARY – Shaw will purchase for cancellation 1.5 million its outstanding Class B non-voting participating shares.
The transaction, which is expected to settle on December 9, has an aggregate purchase…
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VANCOUVER – Telus let go 125 managers from its business solutions group earlier this week as part of its on-going “efficiency programs” to redeploy staff within the company.
A Telus…
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TORONTO – Nortel has received court approval to sell its carrier networks business associated with the development of next generation packet core network components to Hitachi Ltd. for US$10…
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TORONTO – New wireless entrant DAVE Wireless completed its first test call on its Ericsson 3G network.
The mobile call, completed by DAVE Wireless’ network team late last week, demonstrated…
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MONTREAL – Videotron has added TSN2 in SD and HD to its digital cable lineup.
“Videotron is pleased to offer its customers a superior selection of sports programming with 14…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has named Martinho Tojo as SVP and GM of its Portuguese subsidiary Cabovisao, effective December 1.
"Mr. Tojo is a seasoned manager with an excellent reputation in…
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GATINEAU – With a light dusting of snow outside and a grey beginning to yet another week of talking about paying for conventional television signals, you’ll hopefully forgive us…
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OTTAWA – The CEOs from three of Canada’s biggest broadcasters have thrown their support behind the skinny basic concept, calling it a “consumer-first solution”.
In a press release issued after their…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment is adding Sundance Channel to its portfolio of Canadian specialty services.
After finalizing a licensing agreement with Cablevision’s Rainbow Media, Corus announced Tuesday that the channel will launch on…
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OTTAWA – In what could be a first for a Canadian BDU, Rogers Cable has asked the CRTC if it may carry the digital multicast signals of a U.S….
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