BELOW ARE SOME QUICK QUIPS, a few lines – and their explanations, that we found interesting over the first four days of the CRTC’s hearing in broadcast distribution undertaking and... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. earned $15.9 million in the second quartered ended February 29 as revenues improved 14%, or $33.5 million, to $271.9 million. That compares with a profit of... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Bell Canada offered a potential solution to the cost problems facing the build-out of high definition by local Canadian broadcasters. All conventional broadcasters have complained that replacing their... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – To many we’ve talked to so far this week, it smacks of re-regulation, not de-regulation, but commissioner Michel Morin wants to know what the industry thinks of a... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Allarco Entertainment Inc.’s pay-per-view Super Channel will finally be launching on Shaw Communications’ cable systems and on its direct-to-home satellite distributor Star Choice in late April and early... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Bell Mobility announced Wednesday the launch of Mobile email, a push email service for smartphones that operate on Microsoft Windows Mobile devices. These devices include the HTC Touch,... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – While Rael Merson said repeatedly that he believed the conventional broadcast system will right itself, if left to market forces, there was one idea he brought up that... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Score Media broke even in the second quarter ended February 29, with net income down $0.3 million from the same period a year earlier, according to financial... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) said Wednesday it has launched a high-definition version of its channel. The new HD channel is available to Bell ExpressVu HD subscribers on... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – The proposed acquisition of BCE by an investor group led by Teachers’ Private Capital has been approved, subject to a few conditions, by Industry Minister Jim Prentice, the... Continue Reading