OTTAWA – During the first three months of 2009, Canadians sent about 88 million text messages per day, or about 7.8 billion in total. That works out to a…
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AURORA, ON – The NETcomm Québec 2009 Conference and Trade show held June 10-11 in Montreal is almost sold out, and its ‘early bird’ rate expires Sunday.
The Québec…
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TORONTO – CTV’s 24-hour all-news network will take on the new name ‘CTV News Channel’ starting Tuesday.
Formerly known as CTV Newsnet, the channel will also unveil a new…
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TORONTO – The HD version of the World Fishing Network (WFN) is now entirely in pure high definition.
Since WFN HD debuted in May 2008, it has launched four…
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Don’t miss your chance to register for the 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit, only a few weeks away.
Held June 15 – 17 in Toronto, the event promises to cover all…
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OTTAWA – A coalition of consumer groups and independent telecos is appealing the CRTC decision on whether or not Bell Canada unfairly capped the bandwidth of third party Internet…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has found that parts of Radio-Canada’s controversial New Year’s Eve special ‘Bye Bye 2008’ violated the public broadcaster’s codes, regulations and…
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TORONTO – Rogers, Bell, Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink and the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) have banded together to file a complaint with the CRTC alleging that CTV has violated…
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TORONTO – CTV has, predictably, refuted the allegations made by Rogers and other BDUs regarding its ‘Save Local TV’ public advocacy campaign.
In a statement sent late on Friday afternoon,…
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PITTSBURGH – American conventional television stations are gouging cable companies with dramatic increases in retransmission consent payments, reported the American Cable Association today.
The group’s survey found a 271%…
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