Addressing the global digital divide

TUNIS, Tunisia – After three days of intense negotiations, the World Summit on the Information Society wrapped up November 16th in Tunis, Tunisia with a pledge to bridge the… Continue Reading

3.168 million take in Grey Cup

TORONTO – It may have been a boring first half, football-wise, but what with Fergie and The Black-Eyed Peas bounding around at halftime, followed with a barn-burning second half,… Continue Reading

Boyer to join Videotron

OTTAWA – Charles Boyer, vice-president, external and governmental relations at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters left the association this month. He will be joining Videotron help lead the company’s… Continue Reading

Three days left in Banff’s rate break

BANFF – There’s just three days left to take advantage of an early registration rate for the 2006 Banff International Television Festival. Participants can network with over 150 international… Continue Reading

Ex-coach Dussault joins XM Canada

MONTREAL – Popular football coach Jacques Dussault will join the team of radio hosts at XM Canada’s Franc parler, the first French-language all talk/sports radio channel in North America…. Continue Reading

Shaw family buys a million shares

CALGARY – The Shaw family today continued their practice of buying shares of the company JR Shaw founded. The family announced today it purchased a million class B non-voting… Continue Reading

Approval yesterday, added today

TORONTO – Rogers Cable added Phoenix North America Chinese Channel to its big list of multicultural programming today. The Commission approved the channel for addition to the eligible… Continue Reading

CableLabs issues RFI for VOIP peering

LOUISVILE, Colo. – Cable Television Laboratories has issued a request for information (RFI) for technologies to enable cable operators to share voice over IP (VOIP) traffic directly over their… Continue Reading