HAVING COVERED THE Cable, radio, television and telecom markets for well over seven years now, you could say I was inspired.
I’ve written about so many entrepreneurs who gambled and won (and a few who gambled and lost, too) that I suppose it had to rub off on me.
Warning, blatant self-promotion now follows.
So, on Monday, May 2 at 4:13 p.m., www.cartt.ca went live and on Tuesday, our first-ever newsletter went out filled with original stories you…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The run-down transmitter serving the 2,000 people in Saint Fulgence, Quebec, must stay, the CRTC ruled today.
Cogeco Inc.-controlled broadcaster TQS had petitioned the Commission for the removal of transmitter CKTV-TV-1 Saint-Fulgence, which broadcasts CKTV Saguenay (an affiliate of CBC’s French-language sister, SRC), on the grounds that the site needed extensive repairs and that most people in the region were already getting the TV signal by cable and satellite anyway.
The Commission denied the application by TQS inc. to remove the transmitter from its license.
TQS told the Commission that its agreement with the CBC, “per se…
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WINDSOR – The Ontario Hockey League’s Windsor Spitfires and TV COGECO recently announced that the cable community channel will be broadcasting all of the Windsor Spitfires home and away games for the entire 2005-2006 season.
“We are very pleased to once again partner up with the committed crew at TV COGECO to bring Windsor and Essex County with the best Spitfire coverage possible”, commented Steve Horne, Spitfires director of sales and business development, in a release.
“TV COGECO is proud to remain as the television home of the Windsor Spitfires”, added Rob Scussolin, programming and community relations manager with…
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TORONTO – The whole Rogers Communications campus is rather wrapped up in four little letters these days: VOIP.
Both 333 Bloor St. E and One Mount Pleasant are buzzing as the company gets set to launch its brand new voice over Internet protocol product in July. It’s the latest addition to the Rogers bundles and adds a crucial fourth tentacle to the company’s wireless, video and data offerings.
What’s newest about this product is that, according to company CEO Ted Rogers, one option will combine the wired and wireless phone. Think about it. One handset that acts as your…
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