January 20, 2021 5 years ago

COMMENTARY: Will cuts at Bell Media affect Canadian programming? You bet

By Doug Barrett IN ANY STORY OF corporate “restructuring” or “streamlining” there is always another, inside story. What, in the case of the recent, and ongoing, terminations at… Continue Reading

January 20, 2021 5 years ago

Bell Media keeps cutting

TORONTO – Bell Media this week followed up the cuts to its senior executives by beginning to trim the ranks at the director and GM level. Cartt.ca has learned… Continue Reading

January 20, 2021 5 years ago

Uvagut TV to air live coverage of controversial mine hearing

POND INLET, Nunavut — Uvagut TV, Canada’s first Inuit-language TV channel (which launched on January 18), said today it will broadcast live coverage of the upcoming environmental hearing… Continue Reading

January 20, 2021 5 years ago

Ontario pledges $10.9 million to improve broadband in northern communities (updated)

Project deadline is 2023 TORONTO — The Ontario government announced today it is investing $10.9 million to bring faster broadband to several towns and First Nation communities in Northern Ontario. The… Continue Reading

January 20, 2021 5 years ago

Bell Let’s Talk awards $1 million in Diversity Fund grants to eight organizations

MONTREAL — Bell Let’s Talk today announced the latest recipients of its new Diversity Fund, with grants totalling $1 million going to eight organizations working to improve access to… Continue Reading

January 20, 2021 5 years ago

Rogers Tower at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square to get an overhaul

TORONTO — Branded Cities, a leading out-of-home (OOH) media company, today announced it has signed a new long-term agreement with Rogers Sports and Media to re-develop the Rogers Tower… Continue Reading

January 20, 2021 5 years ago

Telus was fastest Canadian mobile operator in Q4, says Ookla

But really, everyone is pretty good, winning in one metric or another… SEATTLE — According to Seattle-based Ookla’s latest Speedtest Global Index, Telus was the fastest mobile operator among the… Continue Reading

January 20, 2021 5 years ago

CBC Licence Renewals: Quebecor sticks to its guns

By Denis Carmel GATINEAU – Québecor CEO Pierre-Karl Péladeau took centre-stage at the CRTC’s hearing into the broadcasting licence renewals for the CBC and reiterated his company’s complaint (which it… Continue Reading

January 19, 2021 5 years ago

Combined U.S.-Canada Netflix subscriptions close to 74 million

LOS GATOS, Calif. — Netflix added another 860,000 paid membership net additions in its U.S.-Canada (UCAN) region during the fourth quarter of 2020, bringing its total paid subscribers in… Continue Reading

January 19, 2021 5 years ago

All-Inuktut TV channel launches on Shaw Direct

IGLOOLIK, Nunavut — Canada’s first Inuit-language TV channel officially launched on Monday, January 18, having secured carriage on Shaw’s satellite TV service. The new channel, Uvagut TV, will broadcast 168… Continue Reading