July 13, 2021 5 years ago

Access Communications awards $20,000 in scholarships

REGINA — Access Communications Co-operative today announced the 2021 recipients of its Doug Alexander Scholarship Program, which awards $1,000 each to up to 20 graduating high school students in… Continue Reading

July 13, 2021 5 years ago

Dejero live streams Spanish sportsman’s mountain climb for charity

WATERLOO, Ont. — Canadian video and data transport specialist Dejero announced today its equipment was used recently to live stream Spanish sports figure Miguel Ángel Roldán’s ascent to Spain’s… Continue Reading

July 13, 2021 5 years ago

Season three of CBC Gem’s Detention Adventure begins production

TORONTO — Global distributor Blue Ant International today announced LoCo Motion Pictures started production on the third season of the CBC Gem original scripted tween series Detention Adventure on… Continue Reading

July 12, 2021 5 years ago

ISPs want real-time website-blocking for live sports events

By Ahmad Hathout Canada’s large internet service providers (ISPs) are testing the court system’s appetite for further precedent-setting decisions on piracy, requesting the court force blocks on live streaming hockey… Continue Reading

July 12, 2021 5 years ago

CityWest begins first stage of connecting Cortes Island to fibre

CityWest announced today it is launching a campaign, called “Dropping in”, to encourage residents of Cortes Island “to sign up to have fibre optic cable installed directly to their… Continue Reading

July 12, 2021 5 years ago

Operation High Speed: More broadband funding goes to Videotron and Cogeco projects in Quebec

QUEBEC CITY — The federal and Quebec governments have jointly awarded more funding through the Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed program to Videotron and Cogeco to bring high-speed Internet access… Continue Reading

July 12, 2021 5 years ago

Five streamers among top 10 “must keep TV” brands in U.S., says SRG

TORONTO — Streaming services captured five of the top 10 spots in the latest Must Keep TV report from Solutions Research Group (SRG), with Netflix once again topping SRG’s… Continue Reading

July 12, 2021 5 years ago

Evertz helps Russia’s Channel One transition to full IP

Also opens DreamCatcher training centre in Munich BURLINGTON, Ont. — Canadian media tech maker Evertz Technologies last week announced Russian broadcaster Channel One has installed an Evertz Mediator playout and… Continue Reading

July 12, 2021 5 years ago

YuppTV to carry SonyLIV content in Canada

ATLANTA — YuppTV, a leading OTT platform for South Asian content, announced today it has added the SonyLIV streaming service owned by Sony Pictures Networks India to its platform… Continue Reading

July 12, 2021 5 years ago

BBTV invests US$250,000 in Nifty’s social NFT platform

VANCOUVER — Media and technology company BBTV Holdings announced today its recently launched NFT division has made an investment in Nifty’s Inc., “the first social NFT (non-fungible token)… Continue Reading