OTTAWA – CTV, on behalf of its radio division Chum, and Harvard Broadcasting both resubmitted their bids for a new radio station in Edmonton to the CRTC Monday, and…
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MONTREAL – Without legacy cost structures and the ability to focus on just one product (wireless handsets), Canada’s new wireless entrants look to upset the mobile market here with…
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WATERLOO, ON – Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) has finally completed its acquisition Certicom Corp. for approximately $132 million, almost double its original asking price.
RIM launched a takeover of…
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PARIS – Luxury watchmaker Tag Heuer must be pretty sure fans of its brand aren’t affected by the state of the economy.
How else to explain the timing of…
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As media companies and telecom service providers see their traditional business models erode due to communication services, information and entertainment content shifting to the Internet, survival could be as…
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WASHINGTON, DC – Nearly one in four attendees at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters Show is expected to come from outside of the U.S., demonstrating the global scale…
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MONTREAL – Telefilm Canada has renewed its Canada New Media Fund for another year, but has streamlined the process and aligned its application deadlines to close within the fiscal…
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REGINA – Saskatchewan educational broadcaster SCN has received a 31% increase in its broadcaster performance envelope from the Canadian Television Fund (CTF).
SCN’s total envelope for the 2009-2010 fiscal year is…
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OTTAWA – CBC has received approval from the CRTC to use a subsidiary communications multiplex operation (SCMO) channel in Vancouver to launch a Fijian-language radio service called Radio…
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PETIT-DE-GRAT, NS – The federal government has thrown its support behind a French-language minority community radio station called Cooperative Radio Richmond, located in Petit-de-Grat, Nova Scotia, population 454.
The…
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