CALGARY – With son and CEO Jim in Africa on vacation (but in on the call), Shaw Communications founder and chairman JR Shaw led today’s company conference call with…
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MONTREAL – Videotron announced today it is dropping its $4.95 long distance plan.
This follows recent moves by Bell Canada and Rogers Communications to ditch their own ultra-cheap $5…
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TORONTO – Last week Rogers Cable added Playboy On Demand to its SVOD lineup.
As usual with adult content, the addition wasn’t trumpeted with a press release, but quietly…
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TORONTO – Rogers Cable must be juiced about its next new TV channel because ads touting it are already in rotation among its parent company’s Toronto radio stations, despite…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications today reported solid third quarter results, beating analysts extimates and revealing its number of telephony subscribers for the first time.
The satellite, cable, Internet and…
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TORONTO – About 100 technical employees at broadcaster Alliance Atlantis have voted to join the Canadian Media Guild.
The union has filed an application with the Canada Industrial Relations…
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MONTREAL – Canadian Satellite Radio today announced the support of the band Les Trois Accords and singer-songwriter Stefie Shock with a $100,000 contribution.
The money is part of CSR’s…
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TORONTO and PHILADELPHIA – Corus Entertainment Comcast Corporation, the largest U.S. cable company, today announced the mid-July launch of Vortex On Demand, a new video-on-demand service providing programming for…
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TORONTO – Alliance Atlantis Communications has asked the NASDAQ Stock Market to delist its Class B common shares effective at the close of business today.
These shares trade under…
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OTTAWA – Ethically speaking, interviewing a child whose father was just arrested on child pornography and sex assault charges is a no-no, says the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
The…
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