MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has told its customers that HDNet is coming December 13th, and that as of December 1st, it is changing how it prices high definition channels….
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VANCOUVER – As expected, Telus said that it will not proceed with its conversion to an income trust.
The company made the announcement after the close of trading on…
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TORONTO – CTV’s hit home-grown comedy, Corner Gas, will begin airing on American superstation WGN in 2007, the company announced today, placing the residents of Dog River, Saskatchewan in…
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NEXT WEEK IN OTTAWA, TV broadcasters will tell their regulator, the CRTC, that they want fewer rules and more ways to make money. They will raise the alarm about…
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REGINA – SaskTel is the first ILEC to announce its intention to take full advantage of deregulated access-independent VOIP with WebCall.
As reported here, access independent VoIP service,…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Jim Pattison Broadcast Group’s $15.75 million purchase of O.K. Radio’s Vancouver Island stations was approved by the CRTC today.
As first reported in May by Cartt.ca, O.K.’s…
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MONTREAL – The CRTC today approved a quartet of AM-to-FM station flips for Corus Radio.
CKRS (Saguenay), CHLT (Sherbrooke), CHLN (Trois-Rivières) and CJRC (Gatineau) – all news/talk stations –…
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CALGARY – Shaw Cable has launched a digital simulcast of its channel lineup in Calgary and will start one in Edmonton on Tuesday.
Customers can also purchase a new…
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KENORA – "Thank you for choosing Shaw" is the new way to answer the phones this week at the former Norcom Communications.
The $13.5 million deal to purchase the…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance recently signed new bulk purchase agreements with tech suppliers Telonix Communications and The CableShoppe.
The Telonix deal is for RMS two,…
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