TORONTO – A transaction begun yesterday will see Microsoft Corp. take ownership of 6% of Rogers Communications shares.
Officially, RCI “announced that it has given a notice of redemption…
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OTTAWA – A-Channel Ottawa announced today the appointment of Peter Angione as news director.
Originally an easterner, Angione has worked in a number of roles in newsrooms across the…
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WINNIPEG – Knighted cell phone service, Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Mobile, today launched in Manitoba.
Virgin offers lower rates and no contracts or additional fees. It runs as an…
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CALGARY – At a press conference later today, Shaw Communications will officially launch Shaw Digital Phone in Victoria, B.C.
The service, already available in Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg, offers…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Digital Phone launches in Kingston, Ont. today.
“Like Burlington, Oakville and Windsor residents, Ontario, and with those in Trois-Rivières, Drummondville and Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, this appealing offer…
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OTTAWA – The cable industry saw solid signs of an end to the erosion of its traditional customer base in 2004.
The number of cable television subscribers 7.6 million…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian cultural and broadcasting communities say that the new wireless video services now in the market from Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility and Telus are certainly a…
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IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE THE CRTC undertaking a review of the radio industry at this particular point in time.
So much technological change. So much undecided. Such an unsettled…
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TORONTO – The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has released the nominees for the 20th Annual Gemini Awards.
Celebrating outstanding achievement in Canadian English language television, the Gemini…
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WINNIPEG – Revenues and EBITDA at CanWest Global’s TEN Group Pty Limited (TEN), which owns CanWest’s Australian television and out-of-home advertising operations, reported consolidated revenues of A$956 million for…
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