OTTAWA – Shaw Communications has told the CRTC it will implement high definition simultaneous substitution as the Commission has previously told it to.
A December 7th letter to the…
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OTTAWA – Shaw Communications is again in hot regulatory water over the sponsorship messages that have appeared on its cable community channels out west.
Last week, the CRTC issued…
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OTTAWA – About a year after receiving the original application for a new national over-the-air high definition television network, the CRTC called a hearing today, set for February…
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IN 2003, WHEN THE HOUSE of Commons Heritage Committee issued the “Our Cultural Sovereignty” report (better known as the Lincoln Report) it recommended that “the existing foreign ownership limits…
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HAMILTON – Local cable operator Mountain Cable has begun selling a special kids’ TV Remote to its customers with more than half the retail price going to McMaster Children’s…
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HAMILTON – Kids’ Health Links Foundation, McMaster Children’s Hospital and Telus today announced the launch of Upopolis.com, the first secure online social network for kids in hospital care.
(Ed…
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TORONTO – Programming from CTV and its specialty channels The Comedy Network and MTV are now available for sale on the iTunes Store in Canada (www.itunes.ca).
The addition of…
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TORONTO – With British soap EastEnders experiencing 311% AMA growth in Adults 25-54 from summer 06-07, BBC Canada is launching its biggest single marketing campaign to date.
Phase one…
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MONTREAL – Bell Canada’s Cable VDN has launched High Fidelity’s Suite of four high definition channels to their subscribers in Montreal. The company is the first terrestrial distributor to…
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OTTAWA and SASKATOON – With a new satellite set launch late next year, Canada’s youngest satellite company, Ciel Satellite Group, announced today that it has selected SED Systems, a…
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