Persona buying Northern

ST. JOHN’s and GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – Persona Communications has come to an agreement to purchase Northern Cablevision, www.cartt.ca has learned. Terms of the deal or its targeted completion… Continue Reading

CPAC’s portable politics

OTTAWA – CPAC announced today that PrimeTime Politics, Revue Politique and the House of Commons’ Question Period will be made available as podcasts. Podcasting (named for the ubiquitous iPod)… Continue Reading

OHNM hits 500

TORONTO – Corus Radio’s long-running (not to mention informative and intelligent) The Ongoing History of New Music commemorates 500 episodes the week beginning Sunday, October 9. Hosted by modern… Continue Reading

Rogers to expand to Brampton?

TORONTO – Published reports say that Rogers Communications is nearing a deal to move into Nortel Networks’ headquarters in Brampton, Ont. The Brampton Guardian newspaper reported Wednesday that a… Continue Reading

Trade show, golf, highlight CCSA AGM day one

GRAVENHURST – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance’s table-top trade show Wednesday morning (right) was an unqualified success, members and vendors told www.cartt.ca. With over 200 delegates registered for the… Continue Reading

COMMENTARY: This is the new TV

THE CTV-MTV DEAL announced today, while very important for CTV and awfully painful for CHUM, which loses its MTV content, is just a little piece of the enormous… Continue Reading

Bell drops bundle discounts

MONTREAL – Saying they’ve served their purpose, Bell Canada has ceased offering discounts for customers who choose to take more than one service from the company. Existing discounted Bell… Continue Reading