PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – CityWest and its union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 213 announced this week they have consolidated three unions into one.
The bargaining…
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TORONTO – SiriusXM and Marvel Entertainment today announced a multi-year agreement where Marvel will create “a substantial amount” of exclusive podcasts for both SiriusXM and its streaming brand…
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TORONTO – Duncan Stewart, co-author of Deloitte's popular and oft-cited annual Tech, Media and Telecom Predictions report, will present selected topics relevant to the broadcast industry from the…
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VANCOUVER – TV maker Thunderbird Entertainment Group this week reported consolidated revenue for the three months and year ended June 30, 2019 of $13.7 million and $61.5 million,…
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IN PART TWO OF our podcast with outgoing APTN CEO Jean La Rose, he tells our Bill Roberts how challenging it has been to try and serve the more…
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GATINEAU – The Telecommunications Act allows the CRTC to order “telecommunications facilities to be provided, constructed, installed, altered, moved, operated, used, repaired or maintained on any property.”
Furthermore, “No Canadian…
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NEW ORLEANS – After years of trials and tribulations, Comcast has begun rolling out network virtualization in a big way, becoming the first large cable operator in North America,…
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NEW ORLEANS – Ending months of squabbling over the industry's next-generation broadband specifications, cable's tech leaders have decided to split the difference by pursuing two separate, but related, paths…
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MONTREAL – After a 31-year career at The Weather Network/MétéoMédia, vice-president of distribution and government relations Luc Perreault retired at the end of September.
“From the launch of the specialty…
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REGINA — Unifor said Monday its bargaining committees have signed tentative agreements with Crown corporations SaskEnergy, SaskPower, SaskTel, SaskWater, DirectWest, and SecureTek, ending a 17-day strike by nearly…
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