OTTAWA – Industry Canada announced today the signing of a new agreement with the United States to set aside a significant portion of the 700 megahertz (MHz) frequency band for use by public safety agencies along both sides of the Canada-United States border.
This agreement will help meet the communication needs of police, ambulance, firefighters and other public safety officials, , including emergency first responders.
This spectrum will help Canadian public safety agencies improve their effectiveness, says the government’s press release. For example, they will be able to access the latest electronic tools and applications, such as downloading fingerprint…
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OTTAWA, June 27, 2005 – The governments of Canada, the United States and Mexico today signed a new e-commerce agreement aimed at strengthening the on line marketplace in terms of cross-border security and addressing issues such as spam.
David L. Emerson, Minister of Industry, today signed the “Framework of Common Principles for Electronic Commerce” with USA Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez, and Mexico’s Secretary of the Economy, Fernando Canales Clariond.
“The Framework will contribute to strengthening the Internet as a reliable medium for conducting business, building confidence in the online marketplace, and streamlining the flow of e-commerce at…
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TORONTO – Leitch Technology Corporation announced today the promotion of industry veteran Don Bezenar (right) as vice-president of sales, Canada.
Bezenar’s mandate “will be to drive growth in Leitch’s key accounts and indirect channel and to increase systems business throughout Canada,” says today’s press release.
“We have an excellent sales team in Canada that has built strong relationships with customers, and a primary initiative of ours is to build on this foundation to achieve greater expansion of Leitch project wins throughout Canada,” said Tim Thorsteinson, Leitch president and CEO, in the statement.
“Don’s tenure…
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HAMILTON – Power & Telephone Supply Canada recently hired John Barker as its new Ontario broadcast district sales manager.
Calling the hire “a further commitment to servicing the broadcast industry,” Barker spent many years in the broadcast sector and will help build Power & Tel’s business in that market segment.
Barker, most recently with Panasonic, has also worked with JVC Canada and Cyradis Technology Group Inc.
He will be responsible for the promotion and sales of all products in Power & Tel’s broadcast portfolio which consists of more than 50 vendor product lines.
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VANCOUVER – It took two days for Telus to reject the latest Telecommunications Workers Union’s (TWU) proposal, after it took the union two months to respond to the last Telus offer.
Telus said this afternoon the TWU’s proposal is “entirely devoid of any meaningful movement toward a resolution of this matter and even widens the gap in a number of key areas,” says the Telus press release.
The company went on to say that, “for four and a half years, the TWU has refused to accept what is obvious to Telus, its employees, its customers and its shareholders: the…
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TORONTO – A study done by PricewaterhouseCoopers released today says that the Canadian entertainment and media market (E&M) is expected to have the most consistent growth globally during the next four years with an estimated 6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to US$37 billion by 2009.
That’s $48.5 billion in Canuck bucks, according the the exchange rate used by PwC in its research.
According to the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2005-2009, the entire global entertainment and media industry is in its strongest position since 2000, and revenues are expected to increase at a 7.3 % CAGR to…
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OTTAWA – Amendments to the Copyright Act, tabled in Parliament today, say in part that Internet service providers are not liable for copyright violating acts done over their networks on the Internet.
This is good news for cable ISPs, says the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association.
"The cable industry is pleased that the Government of Canada recognizes that as intermediaries, ISPs have no control over the copyright material that passes over their networks," said Michael Hennessy, CCTA president. "The Internet is fundamental to business today and the Copyright Act needs to support and encourage technological advancements."
Minister of Canadian Heritage Liza…
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BACK IN 1998, WHEN everyone in cable was talking about video on demand and no one was doing anything about it yet, Yvette Gordon-Kanouff was it’s champion. She knew it would work.
She wrote the seminal paper on the subject that year for her employer, SeaChange, which laid out an attractive VOD business case for any operator looking to launch the service. That paper was cited often (sometimes even by SeaChange competitors) for a number of years.
Now, VOD is almost pervasive. Most North Americans with a big-city cable provider can get some type of video on demand in…
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TORONTO – Toyota Canada Inc. will offer a satellite radio option for select Toyota and Lexus vehicles, in support of the decision made last week by the CRTC licensing subscription radio in Canada, the car maker said today.
"Satellite radio represents a great leap forward in mobile audio technology," said Stephen Beatty, managing director of TCI. "Satellite radio is currently available for certain Toyota and Lexus models in the United States. We will respond to the lifestyle needs of our Canadian customers, and ensure that they too are given the option of adding satellite radio functionality to their vehicles."…
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TORONTO – Melding secure media distribution with song performance data led to today’s announcement of a partnership between Musicrypt and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.
Under the agreement, Musicrypt’s secure digital delivery software, DMDS, will be linked to BDSRadio.com, and Nielsen BDS will make Musicrypt’s DMDS available on the BDSRadio.com site throughout the United States and Canada. Programmers will be able to access music distributed by DMDS’ secure digital system through BDSRadio.com and will receive access to BDSRadio.com from the DMDS site.
These new links will enable radio broadcasters that license BDS Radio.com to easily access DMDS, says today’s press…
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