NORTH BAY, ON – Telecom company Ontera has signed a new collective agreement with its union, Steelworkers Union Local 1976.
The collective agreement covers 105 unionized employees working in…
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LAS VEGAS – Professional athletes, musicians and television personalities will all be dropping by the 2009 International CES later this week in promotion of the latest products and technologies…
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TORONTO – ACTRA members have voted to accept the terms of the CBC television and radio agreement, and the local and regional addendum to the national commercial agreement.
Each…
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TORONTO – Canadian Music Week has extended its nomination deadline for the Canadian music and broadcast industry awards until midnight on January 7, 2009.
The awards recognize “industry trailblazers…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has sided with CTV in finding that Shaw Cablesystems and Bell TV did not perform simultaneous program substitution for the network’s HD broadcast of the…
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OTTAWA – Stingray Digital Group has received CRTC approval for a new national pay audio service.
The service, to be known as Stingray, proposed initially offering 45 audio channels…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has granted VidéOptique Inc. a broadcasting licence to operate a regional video-on-demand (VOD) service in parts of Quebec.
But support for the service, at least in…
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MONTREAL – BCE has set up an automatic purchase plan with a broker to repurchase up to 40 million common shares under its normal course issuer bid.
This is…
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OTTAWA – The CBC has asked the CRTC to delay proceedings on a proposed regulatory framework for video-on-demand (VOD) undertakings.
The Commission issued a call for comments…
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OTTAWA – Peter Charbonneau has been appointed to the Board of Directors of CBC/Radio-Canada.
Charbonneau has been one of three general partners at Skypoint Capital Corporation since…
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