TORONTO — With the much-anticipated premiere of Star Trek: Picard scheduled for January 23 and the return of Doctor Who on New Year’s Day, CTV Sci-Fi Channel is giving viewers an early Christmas present with the launch of a nationwide freeview that starts December 19 and runs until January 30. CTV Sci-Fi Channel also has a number of blockbuster marathons scheduled to wrap up 2019.
The all-new Star Trek: Picard series will see Patrick Stewart reprise his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard. During the 10-episode first season, Stewart will be joined by other familiar faces from the Star Trek franchise,…
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GATINEAU – After reviewing a dozen of the new submissions made at the CRTC’s latest wireless policy review submission deadline on Friday, we can confidently say: No one has yet changed their mind since the last rounds of information were filed.
The arguments, butressed by some new expert reports in some instances, mostly bolster what has been said and repeated early and often.
The incumbent carriers say mandated mobile virtual network operators riding on their networks as wireless resellers will cause them to decrease investment.
Poppycock, says the Canadian Network Operators and the Canadian Communication Systems Alliance. “Such threats have never, not…
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Registration to close November 7th
NORTH BAY, ON – Canada’s first annual Rural and Remote Broadband Conference announced today the panel members who will engage with conference attendees in North Bay on November 12-14.
There are three excellent panels comprised of government, industry and First Nations leaders which will tackle a number of broadband’s most compelling challenges.
They are:
Government’s Role in Addressing the Challenges of the Rural Digital Divide.Developing government policy that supports Broadband development in non-urban regions. A conversation between government and private sector.
Panelists include Fausto Iannialice, director of broadband and digital strategy branch, Ministry of Infrastructure; Angela Lawrence, CCSA…
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KELOWNA – Offering television is still a must, but it’s time to move away from the old-fashioned way it’s still structured and priced, according to the closing panel of the annual 2019 Canadian Communication Systems Alliance conference.
In the Tuesday session titled “embracing the future of video”, four panelists told delegates there remain good reasons why network operators shouldn’t (yet) walk away from TV in favour of just offering customers a broadband pipe (leaving them to find video on their own, likely with the help of one or more of the Silicon Valley tech and content giants). While broadband earns…
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KELOWNA – Another successful CCSA Connect conference is in the books as about 200 folks from member companies, tech vendors and programmers made their way to Kelowna for a few days of learning, celebrating and fun.
Marketing maven Scott Stratten got Tuesday off to an entertaining, and relevant, start reminding delegates that everything (everything) they or their employees, or contractors do affects their brand and in these days of social media, doing good, or bad, by customers can spread quickly, “but bad travels farther, faster,” he explained.
Stratten also noted the paradox of the complaint call –…
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KELOWNA — The Canadian Communication Systems Alliance opened its 2019 Connect conference on Monday afternoon by presenting its 2019 Tuned-In Canada awards.
Now in its sixth year, the awards are a nationwide competition highlighting the excellent work performed by CCSA members — independent, local providers of internet, television and telephone services across Canada.
Winners in each category were determined in two ways: 1) by the most votes/highest score received, and 2) by the most votes/highest score received per capita subscribers. Since CCSA is made up of various sized members, this system levels the playing field for all.
Votes for the three public…
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EDMONTON — Super Channel’s parent company, Allarco Entertainment, has officially launched a lawsuit against four major Canadian retailers, claiming the stores were complicit in promoting the downloading and streaming of illegal content on pirate devices sold in their retail outlets.
The four retailers named in the lawsuit are Best Buy, Staples, Canada Computers and London Drugs. The lawsuit was filed in the Federal Court on September 11, and Allarco issued a news release today to publicize the details of its claim against the four retail companies.
Allarco says the lawsuit comes after a 19-month, country-wide undercover investigation of in-store practices by…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The Canadian Communication Systems Alliance today announced its two primary kleynot speakers for its 2019 Connect conference scheduled for September 16-18 in Kelowna, B.C.
Monday’s main keynote address will be made by Eric Termuende, whose topic will be The Workforce Connection: It’s Bigger than Millennials and Technology.
Termuende is a thought leader on optimizing workplace culture, the future of work, and engagement in the workplace. An entrepreneur and bestselling author of Rethink Work, he is the co-founder of NoW Innovations, an organization that democratizes access to the most innovative people, culture and operational practices for HR, says…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – Registration is now open for the CCSA’s Connect 2019 conference which this year will take place September 16-18 at the Delta Hotels by Marriott, Grand Okanagan Resort in Kelowna, B.C.
The confab will include keynote speakers Eric Termuende (The Workforce Connection: It’s Bigger than Millennials and Technology), and Canadian marketing guru Scott Stratten (The Customer Connection: UnSelling is the New Customer Experience) as well as educational sessions and the ever-popular Social.
Registration and further details are available here.
www.ccsa.cable.ca
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