We’re not sure where the MPs get some of their facts
OTTAWA – Since January when Nova Scotia MP Bernadette Jordan was appointed Canada’s first Minister of Rural Economic Development,…
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GATINEAU – Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck, or 100 duck-sized horses?
That was the unusual, if creative, way SaskTel chose to demonstrate how, if the CRTC is going…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC needs to be “split up in terms of the kinds of people making broadcasting decisions and the kinds of personnel making telecom decisions,” said Tim…
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Independent broadcasters want their HD added to satellite services
MONTREAL — The licence renewal applications of Bell and Shaw’s satellite TV distribution services prompted 156 replies, the vast majority of…
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A NATIONAL RATINGS service which includes set top box data from all major TV carriers looks like it may not happen.
On April 4, 2019, Quebecor’s cableco Vidéotron withdrew from…
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OTTAWA – After 276 members of Parliament voted earlier this month to support a private members motion, M-208, which calls for expanded digital infrastructure (wireless and wired) in rural…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications is selling off its stake in Corus Entertainment in a deal valued at approximately $548 million.
The transaction sees Shaw divest its 80.63 million class B…
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OTTAWA – Fifteen researchers, academics and business executives have been named to Canada’s new Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence to help guide the federal government on “how best to…
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TORONTO – Canadian broadcast audience measurement company Numeris is joining forces with media measurement bodies from France, Japan and India to form a new entity called the Global Alliance…
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LOS ANGELES – Blue Ant Media has bought preschool IP Jelly Jamm from Spain’s Vodka Capital as it continues to grow its library of children’s content.
The deal includes two…
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