ANNVILLE, PA – TVC Inc. announced today it has named Asheridge Investments Limited as a franchisee for the European market. The new company, formed by a group of former TVC executives: Barry Reavill, Jonathan Rigby and Trevor Banks, will do business as Asheridge Communications.
As part of the deal, Asheridge will acquire the existing broadband distribution business of TVC (Europe) Limited. This includes the rights to use the TVC name, ensures seamless customer service, and gives Asheridge access to TVC’s extensive network of vendors. Asheridge will also be appointed a distributor for MaxCell, and a master distributor for White…
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OTTAWA – While cable companies, telcos and others roll out service upon service, and have now made convergence a reality, government policy must reflect that, says the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association.
In its just-released annual report aptly entitled, On Demand, the CCTA points out how its members have launched voice services to go along with their digital cable and high speed Internet offerings – and in some cases, wireless, too.
A source of frustration to the industry as well have been the several Parliament Hill committees, often operating in their own little traditional silos. Recently, there are, or have…
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TORONTO – Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club found Mark Breslin was unveiled today as the programming director of Canadian Satellite Radio’s proposed Laugh Canada channel.
Pending CRTC licensing, which is said to be coming in the spring, CSR plans to broadcast Canada’s “undiscovered comic talent as well as our rich comedic heritage to a North America-wide audience on the Laugh Canada channel – the first-ever dedicated radio comedy outlet in Canadian broadcast history,” says the release.
"Mark has been the industry leader in Canada’s comedy scene since its inception – it seems fitting for him to take the leading role…
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TORONTO – While high definition television offers the clearest, highest-quality TV picture available, Canadians’ want to see a more robust content and pricing picture before they commit, according to a report released today.
Astral Media’s The Movie Network, one of the leaders of HD programming in Canada with its own all-HD movie channel launching today, commissioned survey company Ipsos-Reid to find out what Canadians know about HDTV and what they have in their homes.
The survey found that
* Only 14% of Canadians currently have an HD-ready television set. * Of those who have an HD-ready television set, more than half (54%) do…
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OTTAWA – Broadcast, cable and telecom initiatives currently before cabinet, committees and other Parliament Hill panels (like the repeatedly delayed amendments to the Radiocommunication Act) again face death or delay if another federal election is called.
We chatted with a few Ottawa-based broadcast, cable and telecom folks last week and at that point, all were guessing an election was in the offing this spring thanks to the Adscam inquiry. “Most Tories are saying, ‘let’s go now, don’t give them a chance,” said one Ottawa broadcasting insider. “Liberals are just hoping for the best.”
(These insiders most often like to…
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