TORONTO – The Ad Hoc Committee of the 1976 and 1996 Bell Canada debentureholders said late Monday it has launched appeals against the court judgments rendered on March 7, 2008 by the Quebec Superior Court of Justice.
The decision granted permission for the proposed leverage buyout of BCE Inc. by a consortium led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board ("Teachers") and dismissed the bondholders’ proceedings contesting the Plan of Arrangement, “seeking enforcement of their contractual protections and for oppression remedies. Inscriptions in appeal were filed today with the Quebec Court of Appeal in Montreal,” reads the committee’s press…
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OTTAWA – Bell Mobility, SaskTel and Rogers Communications were on the list of applicants intending to participate in the auction for Advanced Wireless Services that was released Friday by Industry Canada.
Earlier in the week, Shaw Communications, Quebecor Media, Eastlink and a consortium that includes Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS Allstream) indicated they would also be participating.
Shaw appears to have applied under the numbered company 1380057 Alberta Ltd, as it announced Friday that it had filed a $400 million financial deposit with Industry Canada in connection with the auction. That is the same amount listed by 1380057 Alberta…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC on Thursday put out a call for commercial radio applications for London, Ontario (Broadcasting Public Notice 2008-21) and Guelph, Ontario (Broadcasting Public Notice 2008-22).
Interested applicants must submit a formal application to the commission no later than May 12, 2008. As well, they must submit all the necessary technical documentation to Industry Canada by the same date.
The calls for applications were issued after the CRTC received an application for a radio licence for Guelph and another for London.
Applicants have to provide evidence that there is a demand and a market for the station…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor Media has filed an application to bid as an new entrant in Industry Canada’s spectrum auction for Advanced Wireless Services. Quebecor Media said Thursday it has submitted a deposit of $317 million, in the form of letters of credit, to Industry Canada.
About 40 megahertz of spectrum is expected to go to new entrants in the wireless market.
Quebecor indicated it intended to bid for spectrum across Canada.
“We have always stated clearly that our Videotron subsidiary planned to build its own wireless network to serve the Quebec market. However, exceptionally favourable conditions for new entrants, which may…
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HALIFAX – EastLink announced Thursday it has submitted an application to participate in Industry Canada’s Auction for Spectrum Licences for Advanced Wireless Services (AWS).
EastLink along with Shaw Communications, a consortium that includes MTS, and Quebecor Media have already announced that they plan to participate in the auction.
Industry Canada is expected to release the names of all of the parties who have applied to participate either today or Friday. The auction is scheduled to begin on May 27, 2008.
If successful in acquiring spectrum, Eastlink said it will expand the range of products and services to its customers in…
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LET US BEGIN BY making our position utterly clear. We do not believe that Bill C-327 is either necessary or even moderately useful in dealing with the issue of violence on television.
We have filed a written presentation with the Committee Clerk that will hopefully provide a useful tour d’horizon of the issue. I will try to limit this oral presentation to the clarification of matters raised by witnesses and Hon. Members of this Committee.
First, the nature and extent of the problem, namely, the exposure of our children to violence in the media. Is problematic violent content increasing…
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TORONTO – More than 500 industry leaders at expected at the 7th Canadian Telecom Summit, running June 11-13 at the Toronto Congress Centre.
Among the speakers are Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski, on the morning of June 16; Rajiv Suri, who heads up the global services business for Nokia Siemens Networks, on June 17; Steve Silva, who heads up Cisco’s strategy for Connected Home Integration, on June 18; and entrepreneur Terry Mathews on June 17.
Other speakers are Dan Moloney, the president of Motorola’s Home and Networks Mobility business unit; Mark Henderson, the president of Ericsson Canada; and Cindy Christy,…
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TORONTO – The impending decision by the Copyright Board of Canada regarding a proposed tariff for the use of music in webcasts is unlikely to put at end to arguments between the nation’s broadcasters and those organizations responsible for collecting copyright payments on behalf of Canadian music authors, performers and publishers.
But it sure helped to heat up the discussion during a special panel session about Canada’s music copyright policies at last week’s Canadian Music Week conference held in Toronto.
“Our position is pretty clear that we’ve seen an excessive increase in tariff payments for radio broadcasters,” said Gabriel…
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TORONTO – Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS Allstream) has joined with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and The Blackstone Group L.P. to jointly submit an application to bid as a new entrant in the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum auction, it was announced Monday.
The consortium stated it had made a $340 million deposit in letters of credit to Industry Canada. MTS Allstream, CPPIB and Blackstone will each own one-third of the new entity.
If the consortium is successful in acquiring spectrum licences, it is anticipated that Andre Tremblay, founding CEO of Microcell, will lead a team…
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TORONTO – One lucky CTAM Canada member will have the opportunity to attend CTAM National’s prestigious executive management program at the Harvard Business School (dubbed CTAM U).
The program is designed for senior executives who are looking to improve their strategic and leadership skills and will take place this year from June 1 to 6. Any CTAM Canada Chapter member may apply, but all applicants must:
* Complete the registration form available by clicking here.
* Write a 400 word essay on the following topic: "Over the top video: threat or opportunity?"
* Provide a letter of support from…
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