HAMILTON – After half a century in cable, Owen Boris decided this year, at the age of 77, it was finally time to retire.
In July of 1959, Boris launched…
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TORONTO and OTTAWA – CBC Newsworld is cancelling its award-winning documentary program The Lens after 16 years.
Previously known as Rough Cuts, the program has showcased approximately 175 Canadian…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC will hold a public hearing next month to review the purchase of two of Canwest’s E! stations by Channel Zero.
The independent specialty service operator, which owns…
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OTTAWA – Due to the “flawed” overall structure of last year’s advanced wireless spectrum auction, Canada’s wireless companies collectively paid over two billion dollars too much, and that is…
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CALGARY – The rumour mill had been spinning wildly over the past couple of days in Hamilton about the impending sale of Mountain Cablevision, but the buyer, announced this…
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TORONTO – In a note to clients, BMO Nesbitt Burns media and cable analyst Tim Casey notes the Shaw Communications purchase price of Mountain Cablevision may be as high…
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Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and data centres could outstrip Video-on-Demand (VOD) as content companies move to manage their digital assets and create approaches that give them increased control, lower…
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REGINA – SaskTel has rolled out high speed Internet in the predominantly rural community of Ogema, located approximately 125 kilometres south of Regina.
“SaskTel is proud to offer high speed…
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OTTAWA – Telesat will replace its Telstar 14/Estrela do Sul satellite with a new, state-of-the-art satellite in late 2011.
Space Systems/Loral will design and build the new high powered Ku-band…
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TORONTO – Sleeman Breweries Ltd. has selected MTS Allstream to implement a new, standardized software application solution for its international and North American operations.
Using the Oracle e-Business Suite, the…
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