WINNIPEG and SYDNEY – Canwest Global said late Wednesday it has agreed to sell its 51% ownership in Australian broadcaster Ten Network.
The buyer is Macquarie Capital Advisers Limited and…
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MONTREAL – There will be more consolidation in our industry, Corus Entertainment CEO John Cassaday told a group of investors on Wednesday at CIBC’s Annual Eastern Institutional Investor…
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MONTREAL – The Quebec Technology Association (AQT) has launched a new program to support information and communications technologies startup companies.
Called ‘1-2-3 GO!’, the program is aimed at companies in the…
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TORONTO – Astral radio station NewsTalk 1010 CFRB is tweaking its name and programming in time for the new broadcast season.
Effective October 5, the station will be known simply as…
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TORONTO – The federal government has unveiled a new fund to support the creation of interactive cultural content and applications developed by Aboriginal and ethnocultural communities, official-language minority communities, and…
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TORONTO – Primus has signed a deal with Rogers Wireless that will see its serviceable footprint increase to 94% of Canada by spring 2010.
Under the new agreement, Primus will offer…
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OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada staged its first annual public meeting Wednesday morning, allowing Canadians to tune in on-line to hear about its financial highlights from last year and its strategic direction for the…
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TORONTO – Data and Audio Visual Enterprises Wireless, also known as DAVE Wireless, has signed a licensing agreement with Bell Mobility for wireless cell-site sharing.
The agreement will allow DAVE…
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TORONTO – New wireless entrant Public Mobile has secured funding from some notable Canadian investors.
Peter Thomson, Fred Eaton and Patrick Brigham have joined OMERS Private Equity, the private equity…
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TORONTO – Can local television news be profitable? Or is it a public service that should be funded as such?
These were just two of the many questions that were debated…
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