TORONTO – TeraGo has announced plans to conduct a 5G technical trial in the Greater Toronto Area utilizing fixed wireless 5G millimetre wave equipment from PHAZR Inc.
PHAZR is a US-based virtualized radio access network (vRAN) provider offering one of the industry's broadest portfolios of 5G millimetre wave systems for the licenced-bands in the 24 to 40 GHz frequency range.
The technical trial will test 5G technology on TeraGo's licenced 24 GHz wireless spectrum.
"Next generation 5G technology creates a paradigm shift for wireless connectivity. It provides a massive increase in bandwidth that will enable new services, empower new user experiences and…
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OTTAWA – The program put together by the organizers of this year’s International Institute of Communications Canadian Chapter conference should attract a good crowd this Halloween.
Scheduled for October 31st and November 1st at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa, the annual policy and legal gathering looks to take a deep dive into the federal government’s Broadcast and Telecom Legislative Review – and will feature the first public appearance of the expert panel examining the Broadcasting, Telecom and Radiocommunication Acts.
All seven members of the panel, announced in June, will close the two-day event on November 1st in…
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Insight Productions, Boat Rocker Media may be next, says law firm
TORONTO and MONTREAL – Cineflix Canada, the producer of TV shows such as Property Brothers and Mayday, has been named in a $35 million class action lawsuit over unpaid wages by contract production workers.
The suit alleges that individuals working for Cineflix who work through their own corporations and/or who are called "independent contractors" have been denied basic minimum standards under Ontario's Employment Standards Act, 2000, in the areas of minimum wage, overtime pay, vacation pay and holiday pay.
Filed in Ontario court by Toronto-based law firm Cavalluzzo, the suit is…
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VANCOUVER – Telus CEO Darren Entwistle and Bell Canada CTO Stephen Howe will be among the opening speakers at a conference in Vancouver next month that promises to deliver a global perspective on the future of the 5G ecosystem.
The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance – which drives and guides the development of all future mobile broadband technology with a focus on 5G – is bringing together the mobile industry to discuss the future of this emerging ecosystem to a global audience at its 7th Industry Conference & Exhibition 2018 scheduled for November 6-8 at the JW…
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HALIFAX – The first season of DHX Media’s animated series Mega Man: Fully Charged has been picked up for linear broadcast and video-on-demand streaming by Sony’s Pop on their channels and services in the U.K., the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, Malta and Iceland.
The UK-based commercial kids’ broadcaster has added the show to its new on-demand Pop app available to all PlayStation 4 console owners, and will launch it on the linear channel in early 2019.
An original co-production with Dentsu Entertainment USA, Mega Man: Fully Charged is aimed at kids 6 to 11 (and their parents who…
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OTTAWA – Last evening, the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications heard how staff at Canadian Heritage as well as Innovation, Science and Economic Development might change the Telecommunications, Broadcasting and the Radiocommunication Act.
As we’ve reported, the Senate is thinking about how the legislation can be modernized to account for the evolution of the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors in the last decades. As you may have heard, the federal government has appointed an expert panel to do the same thing.
Some criticisms were voiced by Senators on the composition of that panel. For example, Committee…
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MONTREAL – BCE has elevated Mirko Bibic to chief operating officer for BCE Inc. and Bell Canada, and named Wade Oosterman as vice chair of BCE and Bell Canada.
Bibic (pictured right) will now lead the company's largest customer-facing business units, including Bell Mobility, Bell Residential and Small Business, and Bell Business Markets. He will also continue to oversee all legal and regulatory strategy for both BCE and the Bell group of companies.
In his previous role as EVP of Corporate Development, Bibic has overseen strategic M&A transactions including Bell’s acquisition of Astral Media and Manitoba Telecom Services, as well as…
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OTTAWA – Yesterday the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications heard two radically different witnesses: Bill Hutchinson, who is all about networks and Stuart Jack who’s more about regulatory regimes and legislation.
The committee meeting is part of its study on the modernization of Canadian communications legislation.
Hutchinson, a Distinguished Fellow, Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, has a long history of Network Building as well as network-building. “I have had 60 years of pioneering and helping Canada to do its digital transformation,” he described himself. He was involved at the beginning of Canarie,…
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TORONTO – The Directors Guild of Canada and the Canadian Media Producers Association jointly announced the ratification of a new DGC-CMPA Standard Agreement on Wednesday after first reaching an agreement in principle in July.
The 2019-2021 CMPA-DGC Standard Agreement will take effect on January 1, 2019 and will apply to all productions in Canada, excluding British Columbia and Quebec, commencing principal photography on or after that date. The deal establishes the terms, conditions and rates for directors and other professional crew members engaged in film, television and digital media productions.
“The stellar reputation of Canada’s production industry is in no…
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TORONTO – Interactive Ontario said Tuesday that acting president and CEO Lucie Lalumière will move into the role on a permanent basis, effective immediately.
Lalumière is the founder and principal of Lalumiere Media, a Toronto-based consulting business specializing in digital media and emerging technologies. Her previous roles include GM French Market at MediaLinx Sympatico (Bell); executive director new media at Radio-Canada; VP and GM interactive at Corus Entertainment Television; and COO and GM of supersonic MINDS.
“Lucie has been a dedicated and active member of the Interactive Ontario board of directors for the past 12 years,” said IO chair Jeffrey Elliott, in…
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