TORONTO – Canadians are split on whether cable companies should pay TV networks for their services, according to a new poll by Angus Reid.
In the on-line survey conducted last…
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LOUISVILLE, CO – A select group of U.S. cable and programming executives saw first hand demonstrations of end-to-end interoperability for a variety of ad formats, some with addressable advertising.
The…
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TORONTO – Sirius Canada has launched the first official satellite radio application for iPhone and iPod touch users in Canada.
The Sirius App will allow subscribers with an iPhone or…
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CALGARY – Shaw has re-launched its video-on-demand website to make it easier for its customers to order movies and sporting events
In addition to the new look and feel, Shaw…
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INDUSTRY CANADA will overturn the CRTC’s ruling against Globalive, allowing the nascent wireless entrant to begin operations later this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The story quotes Orascom Telecom…
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TORONTO – Bell has forged an agreement with Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium to provide its customers with exclusive access to Olympic Games content on both Bell Mobility and…
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GATINEAU – Rogers Cable customers will see some additional interactivity coming to their digital set top boxes in 2010 in the form of multimedia content format Enhanced TV Binary…
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GATINEAU – After listening to nearly all the words spoken by CTV and Rogers executives and the nine-member CRTC panel (taking over 6,000 words worth of notes and sending…
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TORONTO – Lyne Nault will lead the Toronto-based sales team for Astral Media TVPlus, the company announced today. That group represents Astral Media’s 10 French television stations – including…
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GATINEAU – CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein pronounced himself “frustrated” with the months-long public battle between broadcasters and BDUs heading into this morning’s Commission hearing into the future of…
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