By Ahmad Hathout
Groupe TVA is asking the country’s highest court to review a case in which it was forced to provide Bell customers its sports signal after it abruptly terminated service in April 2019.
The company applied for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in late September, two months after the Federal Court of Appeal ruled the CRTC has jurisdiction to force Groupe TVA to continue supplying the company’s sports signal during the 2019 NHL playoffs despite parent company Quebecor not agreeing to the financial terms of the distribution agreement.
The Montreal-based company is asking the high…
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BURLINGTON, Ont. — In a new brand campaign that first launched in August, Cogeco has been putting the spotlight on its local employees and the communities where they live and work.
The company’s “Your Local Connection” campaign has included billboard and bus shelter ads, website and social media ads, as well as 30- and 90-second online videos and TV commercials.
Starting August 23, the billboard and bus shelter ads have appeared in various Ontario communities, including Belleville, Burlington, Chatham-Kent, Cornwall, Hamilton, Kingston, Leamington, Niagara, North Bay, Peterborough, Sarnia, St. Catharines and Windsor.
The video ads went live at the beginning of October…
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TORONTO — Organizers of the Canadian Telecom Summit today announced the moderator and participants for a panel discussion on 5G, cloud and edge innovation that will take place during the upcoming event being held from Nov. 15-17.
Globe and Mail reporter Alexandra Posadzki (above) will moderate the session titled “5G, Cloud and Edge Innovation to advance the Digital Economy across Multiple Industries”. Panellists include: Zouheir Mansourati, senior vice-president and chief technology officer of Cogeco; Ibrahim Gedeon, chief technology officer of Telus; Robin Kaushik, vice-president of digital services at Ericsson Canada; and Vanessa Little, global chief of technology at Interdynamix.
The panel…
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TORONTO – Canadian Telecom Summit organizers announced this week Chris Terris (above), Telus Agriculture vice-president of global strategy and animal health, will be giving a keynote speech at the upcoming event, as well as announcing the moderator and panelists for the event’s Regulatory Blockbuster panel.
Terris “played an instrumental role in shaping the development of Telus Agriculture, including on the M&A, integration and brand and communication fronts,” a press release says.
“He and his team are focused on applying Telus technology to build solutions that create better food outcomes by improving the flow of information across the agricultural value chain, from…
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Government will not publish submissions received
By Amanda OYE
GATINEAU, QC – Comments submitted to the federal government’s consultation into harmful content online highlight a multitude of issues with its proposals for addressing the issue as well as with the consultation process itself.
The submissions to the consultation are not easy to come by. The deadline for comments passed in September, but the government decided it would not publish the ones it received.
A spokesperson for Canadian Heritage told Cartt.ca via email the submissions will only be available if an Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request is made because the submissions…
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Shaw fastest fixed broadband provider during the quarter
SEATTLE — In its latest quarterly report, released today, Seattle-based mobile and broadband network testing company Ookla says Telus Communications was the fastest mobile operator in Canada in the third quarter of 2021, while Shaw Communications was the fastest fixed broadband provider in the country during Q3.
Using its Speedtest Intelligence data for Q3, Ookla awarded Telus a speed score of 81.93 for its mobile network performance. The next fastest mobile operator was Bell with a speed score of 77.15, according to Ookla’s report. The remaining top mobile providers included in the…
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Rogers announced as premium sponsor
TORONTO – Organizers of the Canadian Telecom Summit announced this week Claire Gillies, president of Bell Mobility and Philippe Jetté, Cogeco’s president and CEO will both speak at the upcoming event.
Gillies will give the lunchtime keynote on Nov. 16 from 12:30-2:15 p.m. “She joined Bell as a co-op student in 2000 and has held progressively senior roles,” according to the CTS website. This includes vice-president of marketing campaigns and pricing for mobility and president of The Source.
Jetté will speak on Nov. 15 from 12-1:45 p.m. He has been president and CEO of Cogeco since…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco marked Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) #ClimateActionDay today by announcing it is aiming to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Cogeco, which announced earlier this year it was committing to new emissions reduction targets that were approved by SBTi, has been helping fight climate change in recent years through actions such as voluntarily disclosing its “climate impact and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the global disclosure system run by the internationally recognized organization CDP,” a press release says.
The company has also implemented a corporate social responsibility program, “which encompasses a number of initiatives aimed at optimally…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC is now allowing Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc. (CPAC) to participate in the proceeding dealing with the broadcast side of the proposed Rogers/Shaw transaction as an interested party, thereby granting it several new rights.
In a letter dated Oct. 7, the CRTC authorized CPAC to appear at the upcoming hearing into the matter in its own right and granted CPAC the right for its representatives to participate in any in camera discussions that may be held regarding its governance.
The CRTC also granted CPAC “the right to file a reply to intervenors in accordance with section 27…
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TORONTO – WildBrain Television announced today its fall lineup for Family Channel and Family Jr., which include several exclusive Canadian broadcast premieres.
“This October, WildBrain Television is handing out treats for the whole family to enjoy,” a press release says.
New programming includes Game of Talents (pictured above), which will premiere exclusively on Family Channel on Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Hosted by Wayne Brady (Let’s Make A Deal, Whose Line Is It Anyway?), the show “infuses the spectacle of a large-scale variety show with a clue-centered, high-intensity investigative game, pitting two teams of contestants against each other as they attempt to…
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