Microsoft makes splash with new products

LAS VEGAS – Microsoft Corp. is using the NAB2007 gathering to showcase new products, including Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft Interactive Media Manager, and new services that will give it… Continue Reading

ACTRA Performers ratify new agreement

TORONTO – Canadian performers, by a record return vote of 98.7%, have ratified the new Independent Production Agreement (IPA) negotiated with the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA)… Continue Reading

Bell wants pan-regional dereg

MONTREAL – Bell Canada has applied to the CRTC to deregulate the most populous regions inside its Ontario and Quebec territories. The company has asked for forbearance from regulation… Continue Reading

Telus turns on Klemtu

VANCOUVER – Telus turned on a new cell tower providing digital cellular service to Klemtu last week. The $250,000 tower covers most of the B.C. community as well as… Continue Reading

Look swings lawyers back at Bell, Rogers

TORONTO and MONTREAL – Look Communications and its parent company Unique Broadband Systems said Thursday that the actions of Rogers Communications and Bell Canada Enterprises are interfering with the… Continue Reading

Topalovich stepping down

TORONTO – The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television is on the hunt for a new CEO as Maria Topalovich said Thursday she will resign as CEO at the… Continue Reading