TORONTO and MONTREAL – Look Communications is selling its spectrum and broadcast license for $80 million in cash to Bell Canada and Rogers Communications, through their joint venture Inukshuk Wireless…
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OTTAWA – MTS Allstream is asking the federal government to reject proposals from Bell Canada and Telus that it says would “stifle broadband internet competition”.
The company issued…
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TORONTO – The new agreement between ACTRA, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) and l’Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ) was brokered…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications plans to buy up 1.3 million of its outstanding Class B non-voting shares for cancellation in a private purchase.
The aggregate purchase price is expected to…
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WATERLOO, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) has debuted a new BlackBerry application programming interface (API) that will let developers ‘push’ real-time content applications to consumers’ BlackBerry smart phones.
Push technology provides…
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MONTREAL – Astral Media urged the government to proceed with “caution” before amending any broadcast industry regulations, and encouraged a thorough examination of “the broader matrix of rules that serve to…
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CALGARY – Shaw customers who are fans of the Star Trek series can now catch the more than 600 episodes in newly re-mastered high definition on the cable company’s video-on-demand…
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MONTREAL – Astral Media raised more than $7 million in its one-day ‘radiothon’ last Thursday in support of 20 children’s hospitals and health care facilities.
More than 50 radio stations in…
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GATINEAU – Like CTV beforehand, Canwest – in its second appearance at the CRTC’s OTA licence renewal hearings – focused on obtaining relief from certain of its programming obligations…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications doesn’t take long to act.
In fact, says company president Peter Bissonnette, the decision to go after three CTV-owned stations made available to purchase for…
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