NEW YORK – The American banks that have committed themselves to backing the $52 billion leveraged buyout of Bell Canada are seeking to renegotiate the deal, says a Monday…
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LOUISVILLE, CO – To mark its 20th anniversary this month, CableLabs has launched a website that contains a timeline and other historical date about its two decades of researching…
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OTTAWA – The House of Commons decided last week that Bill C-327 should not proceed further. On May 13, it adopted the April 9, 2008 Report of the Standing…
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NEW ORLEANS – HDTV homes (at least a whole bunch of them in Los Angeles) watch more television, overall, than other, non-HD households, according to new research released today…
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NEW ORLEANS – Convergence used to be considered a four-letter-word of sorts, too attached to the tech bubble which exploded so famously and harshly seven or so years ago…
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SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. network CBS agreed last week to buy CNET Networks, an Internet media company, for $1.8 billion in cash.
Under the agreement, CBS will pay $11.50…
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MONTREAL – BCE announced Monday it has written confirmation from the CRTC that it had met the regulator’s conditions of sale with “two minor exceptions,” just as media…
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PARIS – The number of broadcast subscribers in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reached 235 million at December 2007, an increase of 18% from 200 million…
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NEW ORLEANS – Using a variety of techniques, but primarily switching a whole lot of analog channels over to digital, Comcast, the largest cable company in North America, says…
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OTTAWA – Timothy Denton, a specialist in legal and policy issues related to the Internet and communications, has been appointed as CRTC commissioner, Canadian Heritage announced Friday.
He was…
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