QUISPAMSIS, NB – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance and Teletoon have announced a new agreement for the terms of distribution for both Teletoon and its newest digi-net, Teletoon Retro….
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MONTREAL – After analyzing the spectrum auction rules, meeting with several potential partners and talking business plans, Quebecor Media chief Pierre Karl Peladeau says his company will be a…
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GATINEAU – Saying that two proposed purchases would violate its common station ownership policy, the CRTC has denied Jim Pattison Broadcast Group’s application to purchase two more stations in…
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OTTAWA and GATINEAU – Statistics Canada and the CRTC announced today they have signed a memorandum of understanding so that the two agencies will partner in order to streamline…
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MONTREAL – All of Quebecor Media’s business segments reported higher revenues in 2007, the company reported today.
Operating income grew by $164.3 million (20.5%) to $963.9 million in 2007,…
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GATINEAU – Reply comments filed with the CRTC on Friday on its broadcasting distribution undertakings and specialty services policy review don’t show anyone has changed their minds. They’ve mostly…
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VANCOUVER – Telus came to the rescue of several people awaiting organ transplants this weekend in British Columbia.
According to a story in The Globe and Mail, what with…
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MONTREAL – Four unnamed suitors have submitted bids for Quebec’s financially strapped TQS television network, but neither Rogers Communications nor RNC Média (Radio Nord Communications), who have been rumoured…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC flexed its regulatory muscles this morning, pressuring the soon-to-be-owners of Bell Canada to more clearly spell out who will control the corporation.
As readers are…
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GATINEAU – Day two of the hearing into the acquisition of Bell Canada by a consortium of private equity interests wrapped up in about half an hour this morning…
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