OTTAWA – Saying it would be "revenue neutral", Bell Aliant and Bell Canada have asked the CRTC for permission to take its $55 service connection charge and have all…
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TORONTO – While its CSI franchise still lead the news for Alliance Atlantis, the company’s digital specialties are contributing to earnings at the media company.
"We are exceptionally pleased…
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OTTAWA – After looking quickly at an appeal filed with the governor-in-council, the Federal Government backed the CRTC’s decision to grant a pay-TV license to Allarco Entertainment.
A disabled advocate by…
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QUEBEC – Videotron Wireless hit the Quebec City market today as the fourth leg in the Quebecor division’s video, data and telecom stool.
As reported on Monday, the company…
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MARKHAM – Free, sponsored golf lessons are now available on demand through Rogers Digital Cable.
Capital Networks, Markham, Ont., produced the golf lessons that will be available to approximately…
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DARTMOUTH, N.S. – Thanks to its growing operations (acquisitions and new license launches), Newfoundland Capital Corporation reported a very strong second quarter of 2006.
Revenue growth was 17% in…
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REGINA – SaskTel’s MAX TV customers can now subscribe to CNBC and MSNBC and see Universal Pictures movies on demand.
The provincial telco, which has approximately 45,000 digital TV…
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VANCOUVER – Bruce Bell is no longer the president of the Telecommunications Workers Union, says a statement on its web site.
Bell was the point man for the union…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC approved 12 new ethnic channel licenses for Toronto’s Ethnic Channels Group Ltd. today.
The licenses are for: Portuguese/Brazil TV, Sri Lanka TV, Russian TV 4,…
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LOUISVILLE, Colo. – CableLabs issued a series of specifications this week in advance of its summer conference which will, when deployed, enable cable operators to offer downstream data rates…
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