QUEBEC – OUTtv and HARDtv, Canada’s first gay TV channels will be expanding throughout Quebec in Videotron markets through Illico Digital TV, the channels announced this week.
Out will…
Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Quebecor Media has decided to pull in its horns over the funding of Canadian television productions and will resume monthly payments to the CTF, at least for…
Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – In a salute to Canadian speed skater (and MTS spokeswoman) Cindy Klassen, a 15-foot snow sculpture of the Olympic medalist has been created at the corner of…
Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – Customers of MTS Allstream’s digital television service now have access to Movie Central On Demand.
Movie Central On Demand is a subscription video on demand service that…
Continue Reading
TORONTO – Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Virgin Mobile has enlisted porn star Ron Jeremy to help save singles from unwanted affection.
Called Dial-A-Dis, the service is a…
Continue Reading
TORONTO – The inaugural CSUA Broadcast Technology Awards were handed out this month by the Canadian Satellite Users Association.
The Awards are scholarship prizes of $5,000 each. CSUA established…
Continue Reading
MONTREAL – After announcing suspension of its monthly payments to the Canadian Television Fund (CTF), Quebecor Media now says it wants to opt out of the CTF entirely and…
Continue Reading
BY THE MIDDLE OF this year, Canada’s largest satellite operator, Telesat, will be a much bigger company.
When Loral Space Communications and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board said…
Continue Reading
HALIFAX – EastLink is investing $4.2 million to upgrade its network around the southernmost reaches of Nova Scotia and will soon launch local telephone service in Yarmouth and its…
Continue Reading
GATINEAU – In his first public statement since becoming chairman of the CRTC, Konrad von Finckenstein today told Shaw Communications and Videotron that they should resume their required monthly…
Continue Reading