LAS VEGAS – Why can’t the cable TV user interface be as simple, elegant and useful as Apple’s iPod?
That was the question facing a number of executives during…
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TORONTO – Digital TV channels WFN: World Fishing Network and GOLTV: Soccer 24/7 have been added to Shaw Digital Cable, channel owner Insight Sports Ltd. announced Tuesday.
“Shaw strives…
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IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME coming, but Canada’s etc.tv appears ready for prime time.
The company’s platform lets viewers use their TV remotes to “telescope” into long form advertising…
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WINNIPEG – MTS Allstream has applied to the CRTC for local telephone forbearance in Winnipeg.
MTS Allstream is the latest company to ask for residential phone service deregulation following…
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TORONTO – Stacey Seltzer, senior vice-president of content strategy, acquisition and operations for Internet television company Joost, has been booked by nextMEDIA: The Future of Digital Content conference, running…
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TORONTO – Rogers Wireless on Tuesday launched the Nokia 6682RVI, a cellphone that converts displayed text on the handset into speech so it can be used by people with…
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TORONTO – Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. on Tuesday launched Primus Hosted PBX, a business-grade phone and Internet communication service that uses VoIP technology over a dedicated T1 line to…
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VERNON, BC – The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group has agreed to buy the FM radio station CKIZ-FM (KISS-FM) that services this community located north of Kelowna, BC from Rogers…
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – Vonage Canada’s VoIP service will be pre-integrated into all HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario desktop, notebook and tablet PCs, the companies announced Tuesday. HP customers will…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC is asking if it should eliminate winback rules for incumbent cablecos with 6,000 or more subscribers serving multiple-unit dwellings (MUD).
Broadcasting Public Notice 2007-48 was…
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