NEW YORK – Video, especially shortish, original clips, is where a lot of the growth in Internet viewership has come in the past 12 months (hello, YouTube).
On Friday,…
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TORONTO – After a year’s absence from Toronto radio, Mix 99.9 announced it has hired "Mad Dog and Billie" as its new Morning Show hosts. Jay "Mad Dog" Michaels…
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OTTAWA – On Friday, the CRTC assigned the number 511 for weather and traveller information services. The decision paves the way for a cross-Canada, 24-hour telephone service providing…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – Without the CCTA tagging along this year, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance gathering in Muskoka in September is scheduled and formatted a bit differently.
Set for…
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MONTREAL – Canadian communication policy has shifted. New media are no longer new. Convergence has come and gone and even come again. Policy makers are chipping away at facet…
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OTTAWA – With several video distributors now asking to add the satellite radio channels from XM Canada or Sirius Canada to their respective channel lineups, the Canadian Association of…
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IT’S A BETTER ON-LINE and VOD video search. The user interface is slicker. The content is professional, not user-generated. And not only can users demand a video, they can…
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TORONTO – With the City of Toronto about ready to begin its launch of free city-wide wireless Internet access, Rogers Communications CEO Ted Rogers sounded off about the project…
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TORONTO – "We have no particular interest in the assets that have been publicly announced as being for sale, i.e. the A-Channels," Rogers Media president Tony Viner said this…
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TORONTO – A query about shifting CRTC regulations got Rogers Communications founder Ted Rogers to take a few swings at government and his telco competition this morning.
During the…
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