SHERBROOKE, QC – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced Tuesday they had seized equipment believed to be used in satellite TV signal theft in a 64-year-old man’s home in Austin, Bedford Township.
The RCMP confiscated 20 receivers, 50 Bell smart cards, equipment that could be used to steal satellite TV signals and computers containing information on satellite TV signal piracy in the search last Thursday of the home.
The Austin resident was arrested and questioned by the police officers. He could be summoned to appear in court on charges of theft of satellite signals, possession of equipment used to…
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TORONTO – A professional video game league, Major League Gaming, has launched in Canada, allowing video game players to earn prize money and rise through the ranks to secure a professional contract.
With the support of Xbox, Yahoo! Canada, Zellers, The Score Television and G4techTV Canada, Toronto-based sports media and entertainment company Insight Sports is backing MLG’s foray into the country.
Canadian video game players can sign up for online tournaments (www.mlgcanada.com) to gain points.
“Canadians definitely have game. This country has a rich tradition in the video game industry both in publishing and development and as a hotbed…
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Companies wanting to operate power-generating wind farms close to radio transmitters should first notify and consult with radio broadcasters, according to guidelines developed by the Radio Advisory Board of Canada (RABC) and the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CANWEA). The guidelines spell out that the consultations should take place when the proposed wind turbine facilities are located within a certain radius of radio antenna towers.
While little impact is expected with respect to FM radio, AM stations might be concerned with re-radiation from turbine support structures, which can distort AM antenna patterns and throw the station out of compliance with…
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OTTAWA –Industry Canada has created a new Science and Technology and Innovation Council and named Dr. Howard Alper as its chair.
The non-governmental advisory board will provide the government with evidence-based policy advice on science and technology issues, and produce regular national reports that measure the country’s science and technology performance against international standards of excellence.
“I am pleased that Dr. Alper has agreed to take on the task of chairing and assisting us in building this new council. Under his leadership, the council will develop integrated advice to government to help make Canada one of the world’s innovation…
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OTTAWA – The deadline for submissions for the third annual Pitch THIS! – a pitching session for animation projects organized in conjunction with the Television Animation Conference – is July 31.
The Television Animation Conference – an animation business forum designed for professionals in content creation, development, production, distribution and marketing – takes place September 19-20 at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, Canada. It is organized by and runs in conjunction with the Ottawa International Animation Festival, set for September 19-23.
“There are plenty of pitching competitions in Canada , but Pitch THIS! is the only one geared…
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TORONTO – Sirius Satellite Radio is now available on Bell Mobility’s multimedia phones, the companies announced Friday.
"Sirius Satellite Radio is an important addition to Bell Mobility’s industry-leading roster of mobile entertainment offerings, which now includes on-demand mobile movies, mobile television and Canada’s largest catalogue of mobile music tracks," said Adel Bazerghi, Bell Mobility’s vice-president of products.
Streamed directly to Bell Mobility phones, there are 20 channels now available for $8 per month on multimedia-capable Bell Mobility phones, including the LG Chocolate, LG Fusic, Samsung m610 and Samsung a900.
www.siriuscanada.ca www.bell.ca
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TORONTO – Putting six fierce competitors – armed with their own facts and relative truths about the current state of the wireless industry in Canada and abroad for a discussion on next year’s advanced wireless spectrum auction – onto a stage together is likely to result in something akin to a wireless “cage match”.
And that’s exactly what happened Wednesday on the last day of the Canadian Telecom Summit.
To kick off a special panel discussion about competition in the mobile wireless services space, moderator Terence Corcoran, Financial Post editor, introduced himself to the audience as Terry Springer, setting…
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TORONTO – Recommendations by the Telecommunications Policy Review (TPR) panel, published in its March 2006 report, may have taken a step closer to implementation today with the release of a “Model Telecommunications Act”, co-authored by a former TPR panel member, Hank Intven, partner of the law firm McCarthy Tétrault LLP.
Attendees of the Canadian Telecom Summit received copies of the 456-page “Model Act” this afternoon during a special presentation by Intven and his co-author, Mary Dawson, a former associate deputy minister of justice and independent advisor to McCarthy Tétrault.
The TPR report released last year called for a more…
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TORONTO – The federal government has awarded licences for new broadcasting and telecom satellites to Telesat Canada and Ciel Satellite.
The firms intend to spend several billion dollars building and launching the new satellites by as early as 2010. The birds will increase capacity to fully implement high-definition TV; carry new and advanced telecom services such as satellite Internet, Internet protocol television, and triple play services (high-speed Internet, VOD, and telephony); and better link Canadians in remote regions with public safety, national security, and government services.
The licences were awarded as part of the largest spectrum licensing ever undertaken…
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OTTAWA – Rogers should spend as much money proportionately on Canadian programming on Citytv as it does on baseball players, says the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.
CEP says Rogers’ deal to buy the City stations from CTV, as required by the CRTC, “could work out” if it gives them as much attention as it does its interests in the Toronto Blue Jays.
When examining the deal, the CRTC should hold Rogers to high commitments of spending on Canadian programming, the union says. “Rogers has the money to excite competition but the question is: will…
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