TORONTO – Premium sports network beIN SPORT Canada has signed a national broadcast television deal with The National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC).
The three-year deal will include live NBL Canada games in HD on Thursday and Saturday nights starting with the 2014-15 season, plus additional coverage for playoffs and special events like the All Star Weekend. The NBLC was founded in 2011, and is Canada's only professional domestic basketball league. There are currently nine teams within two divisions: Central and Atlantic.
“Together with the NBL Canada, we share a vision to showcase premium Canadian sporting content to the Canadian audience”, said Slava Levin, co-founder…
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TORONTO – Telus really wants to buy Mobilicity and has made another bid for the company, despite the knowledge the federal government really doesn’t want to see this deal happen.
Late Thursday, Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises Holdings and its affiliates (collectively, Mobilicity) announced Telus would acquire it for $350 million. The proposed transaction will move forward under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act rules. Mobilicity has been under creditor protection since September.
"The transaction is a good outcome from Mobilicity's restructuring efforts and extensive sales process," said William Aziz, Mobilicity's chief restructuring officer, in the press release. "I am confident the transaction…
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TORONTO – The Movie Network announced Wednesday The Movie Network GO (TMN GO) is now available on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and to customers of television provider Bell Aliant, which serves subscribers in Atlantic Canada, Quebec, and parts of Northern Ontario.
Released to coincide with the recent premiere of Season 4 of HBO Canada’s Game Of Thrones, TMN GO is available to subscribers at no additional cost for Xbox Live Gold members and Bell Aliant subscribers to The Movie Network. TMN GO offers instant and unlimited access to more than 1,000 hours of Hollywood…
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AN INTERESTING DECEMBER 2012 paper from the Australian Government's Department of Finance and Deregulation, Offices of Best Practices Regulation entitled "Influencing Consumer Behaviour: Improving Regulatory Design" is an instructive piece of research when viewed through the lens of our own TV business.
The paper explores two broad frameworks that influence consumer behaviour – Rational Choice theory and Behavioural Economics. Rational Choice theory holds that consumers maximize utility subject to their budgetary limitations. Behavioural Economics assumes choice is affected by social, economic, emotional and other factors. Examples from the health, finance and other sectors are used to…
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DENVER, CO – Anglers take note: World Fishing Network will be available on a free preview to cable, satellite and telco subscribers in North America for the month of April.
Dedicated to the angling lifestyle, the network’s programming includes instruction, tips, travel, tournaments, cooking, boating and outdoor recreation with exclusive series and original productions like Bill Boyce’s Baja, FORCE on FORCE, Guided with Mark Melnyk, Hookin’ Up with Nick & Mariko, JP DeRose Breaking Boundaries and World Fishing Journal.
Participating TV providers in Canada include Access, Bell, Cablevision du Nord du Quebec, Cogeco, Eastlink, MTS, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw Cable, Shaw Direct,…
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CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Eastlink will once again offer Canadian music fans live coverage of the annual East Coast Music Week that this year runs from April 1 – 6.
Eastlink East Coast Music Week, including the Eastlink East Coast Music Awards Gala, will air on Eastlink TV on channel 10, in HD channel 610, OnDemand and on the TV anywhere platform Eastlink To Go.
Coverage will include live updates and in-studio interviews with artists and industry professionals, and culminate with the Awards Gala on Sunday, April 6 at 8:00 PM AST from the PEI Convention Centre in Charlottetown. Red carpet…
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LAST WEEK WE SHOWED you results from a recent survey of Canadian consumers which confirmed Canadians want to be able to pick their television channels one at a time – and may even be ready to pay for the privilege.
But more lots more choice may not truly be desirable for TV programmers, distributors or viewers. Canadians often say they really want “more choice” from their subscription TV providers, but it’s more likely they just want to be charged less and treated better.
Believe it or not, uber-choice is often not all it’s cracked up to be…
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DALLAS, TX – Approximately one-fifth or 20% of Canadian television service subscribers downgraded their service over the last 12 months, with many opting for an Internet video option instead, according to a new research report from Parks Associates.
The report, Video in Canadian Households, analysed the market for subscription home video services via an online survey of 1,500 Canadian broadband households in the last quarter of 2013.
Among Canada’s nine largest TV service providers, nearly one-third (29%) of Telus Optik TV subscribers said that they had downgraded to a less expensive TV package with fewer channels or features in the last year. …
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CLARENVILLE, NL – Eastlink customers across Newfoundland can catch all the action of the 2014 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games in Clarenville.
From March 1 – 8, Eastlink TV channel 10 and HD 610 will have live coverage and highlights of Clarenville 2014, including the opening and closing ceremonies, a daily update show at 7:30 PM NST, and live coverage of the male and female medal hockey games. As the platinum sponsor of the event, Eastlink is also providing free WiFi in the athlete's village for the duration of the games as well as Winter Games gear for host…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian government got its wish for four wireless carriers in each region of the country in its recently completed 700 Mhz spectrum auction, which netted federal coffers $5.27 billion.
Overall, the results of the auction show that it was the Big Three that divvied up the majority of the spectrum even though they were limited on buying prime spectrum in the B, C, C1 and C2 blocks. While Rogers Communications focused on the prime B band and the A block, Bell Canada and Telus licence purchases appeared to complement each other in the C2 and the unpaired…
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