CALGARY – Shaw Communications has launched a managed network security service known as SmartSecurity that it says is designed specifically for the small and medium business (SMB) market.
Powered by Cisco Meraki, SmartSecurity is an easy-to-manage cloud-based solution offering SMBs the ability to protect themselves from online threats with product features including business-grade firewall, web content control, automatic virus updates, and secure network connections for remote workers.
"Network security is important to businesses of all sizes, however with more advanced online attacks on the rise, SMBs are looking for more sophisticated security solutions at a price they can afford," said Shaw…
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REGINA – BCE’s acquisition of MTS could result in new government policies designed to create incentives for additional wireless competition, says SaskTel’s risk assessment report of the proposed deal.
SaskTel, a crown corporation owned by the people of Saskatchewan, said the analysis of the risks of the potential transaction will become part of the strategic planning process that it undertakes annually. The report, commissioned in May and released Monday, was conducted by Mark H. Goldberg & Associates Inc. as the independent third party.
Key risks outlined in the report include:
– The further concentration of the market in…
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BANFF – Okay, how do you know you've got a great tax accountant? Well, it's obvious – she's got a loophole named after her!
Yup, the title "Digital Content Taxation: Levelling the Playing Field with Foreign Competition" didn't announce well as a barn-burning session. However, I wasn't expecting jokes about tax lawyers deducting ExLax as a moving expense either.
There was a principle involved.
Bernard Lord, president and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (and former Premier of New Brunswick), has a bee in his bonnet: Foreign digital content providers are not required to register and collect Canadian GST/HST, and thus…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC will consider broadcast licence renewal applications from Canada’s big English- and French-language ownership groups at two public hearings this November.
The Commission said Wednesday that it will review applications from French-language ownership groups Bell, Corus, Quebecor and Groupe V starting November 22 in Laval.
The public hearing to review the applications from the English-language ownership groups Bell, Corus and Rogers, plus Shaw Communications and Telelatino Network, will begin on November 28 at the CRTC’s headquarters in Gatineau.
The deadline for the submission of interventions/comments/answers is August 2, 2016.
www.crtc.gc.ca
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Cord cutting intent strengthening, as is skinny basic awareness
TORONTO – According to new research from Toronto’s Solutions Research Group, Netflix now counts more than 5 million subscribing households in Canada, while nascent Canadian efforts CraveTV (owned by Bell Media) and Shomi (owned by Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications) together is estimated to have about one-seventh the number of subscribers.
The figures come from SRG’s ongoing Digital Life Canada syndicated research. For this edition, SRG interviewed 1,000 Canadians online in April 2016 using a professionally managed national online panel, says the release. The company has run Digital Life Canada each quarter…
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CALGARY – Shaw has launched a new TV channel to help Fort McMurray residents stay on top of the latest community news and developments as they return home following last month’s devastating wildfires.
Available now on channel 303 for all Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct customers, the channel offers a 30-minute loop of content that is updated daily and offers news from emergency service personnel and government officials plus information like reconnecting utilities, insurance advice and mental health support.
This coverage will also highlight the stories and acts that have brought the community together. Viewers may also watch this coverage on YouTube.
"The community of…
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TORONTO – If top Canadian TV execs haven't watched A&E's Storage Wars, they may well after returning from the recent Los Angeles Screenings.
It was a week when Canadian broadcasters in sunny California bid, and risked overpaying, for rookie U.S. shows from their Hollywood suppliers based on little more than a pilot episode (kind of like how the stars of that show get just a short look at items they may buy at auction…)
Then, come fall when audiences sample their newly-launched shows and all hope is lost…"Wait a minute!!!!," a hit show or two may be revealed.
Corus Entertainment president and…
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TORONTO – Carriers, broadcasters, content providers and media companies wonder about what viewers want to consume these days as the digital world expands. So it was appropriate that a Canadian executive of one used food to talk about the future of traditional TV and new media.
“I think there's a lot of 'empty calories' in the televison space right now (with content) that people aren’t passionate about,” David Purdy, chief international growth officer at Vice Media, told the Canadian Telecom Summit on Wednesday (pictured with Corus Entertainment's Maria Hale).
“Ad dollars are going to shift to where people are passionate about…
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TORONTO – RTDNA Canada, The Association of Electronic Journalists, has crowned the winners of its national and network awards which recognize the best in storytelling on all platforms.
The winners for RTDNA 2015 National Awards are:
Dave Rogers Award – Long Feature – Large Market – Radio
– CKNW Radio: Aging Alone
Dave Rogers Award – Long Feature – Small/Medium – Radio
– CBC Sudbury: Angels and Demons
Dave Rogers Award – Long Feature – Large Market – TV
– Global BC: Transforming Healthcare: St Paul’s Hospital
Dave Rogers Award – Long Feature – Small/Medium Market – TV
– CTV Vancouver Island: Benches
Dave Rogers Award – Short Feature…
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TORONTO – John Gossling has been named executive vice-president and chief financial officer at Corus Entertainment where he will replace the retiring Tom Peddie.
Gossling left Telus less than a month ago after 3 ½ years. His prior career experiences include CFO at CTVglobemedia Inc., VP financial operations at Rogers Communications and CFO at Rogers Wireless, and partner at KPMG LLP.
Gossling will join Corus on July 4 and be based in Toronto at Corus Quay. The company said that Peddie will retire from the company at the end of August after 17 years of service, and that the two will…
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