TORONTO – Yesterday it was the Steelworkers, today it’s CUPE throwing its support behind the locked-out CBC employees.
CUPE (the Canadian Union of Public Employees) is Canada’s largest…
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TORONTO – An on-line survey done by music services provider Indie Pool says that over 90% of independent Canadian artists support satellite radio.
Of 568 artists who responded to…
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LOUISVILLE, Colo. – Twenty-eight companies, including some major content owners such as Walt Disney-ABC Enhanced TV, supported last week’s interoperability event held by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs) for…
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REGINA – The lockout at the CBC has taken the Canada Games off the CBC airwaves, so Regina’s cable co-op Access Communications and APTN are pitching in to show…
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LIVING IN THE BIG CITIES, it’s easy to forget – or to never think about – what it’s like in smaller, more remote communities.
A few months ago, I…
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OTTAWA – Monday was deadline day for submissions to Industry Canada’s Telecom Policy Review Panel.
Not surprisingly, all stakeholders are calling for massive changes, with each pointing towards different…
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MARKHAM – Equipment supplier and network solutions company Cygnal Technologies reported a better second quarter, but still came in at a loss.
Revenues were $31.8 million for the quarter…
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TORONTO – Effective this month, Bell Sympatico High-Speed Ultra customers in Ontario and Quebec will see their Internet access speeds rise to up to 5 Mbps (megabits per second)….
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TORONTO – The Canadian Media Guild said Monday it has filed a complaint with the Canada Industrial Relations Board “in response to attempts to intimidate employees at Alliance Atlantis…
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EDMONTON – According to the Telecommunication Workers Union (TWU) and the B.C. and Alberta Federations of Labour, four Calgary radio stations refuse to run radio spots in support of…
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