OAKVILLE, Ont. — Pelmorex Corp.’s The Weather Network announced today the launch of its new TV app, which is available initially to Shaw TV subscribers in Canada.
“The Weather Network TV app will soon be available to subscribers on all other major telco or cable providers, with deployments scheduled throughout 2022,” according to a press release.
Beginning today, Shaw TV customers can say “The Weather Network” using their voice remote to access the app and all of its features, which include:
Access to in-depth hyper-local weather information based on postal code.
The option to personalize the weather experience by saving up…
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OTTAWA – After meeting with representatives from several Canadian telecommunications service providers, Innovation, Science and Industry minister François-Philippe Champagne announced he has directed them to take immediate steps to address network resiliency in Canada.
The meeting, attended by representatives from Rogers, Telus, Bell, Videotron, Shaw, SaskTel and Eastlink, comes as Rogers continues to work to restore its networks, which are close but not quite fully operational, following a nationwide outage that began early Friday morning.
“I’ve demanded that they take immediate initial steps to improve the resiliency of our networks,” Champagne told reporters during a conference call this afternoon…
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By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Innovation Canada and the CRTC have released an advance notice today stating they intend to award a $1.5-million contract to a broadband measurement company to collect performance data on fixed-wireless speed claims of up to 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload – the federal objective.
In the notice, ISED said it is seeking only data from wireless service providers claiming to provide Internet service of “up to” 50/10 to households over wireless signals for verification purposes. The contractor will test performance by metric, time, location, service plan, distance to service towers and technology, according to…
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Rogers continues to monitor the situation, is aware of ongoing issues for some customers
TORONTO – Over the weekend Rogers Communications continued to make progress on getting its networks fully operational and explained what caused the nationwide outage on Friday.
“We now believe we’ve narrowed the cause to a network system failure following a maintenance update in our core network, which caused some of our routers to malfunction early Friday morning,” reads a letter from Rogers president and CEO Tony Staffieri, which was posted on the company’s website on Saturday.
“We disconnected the specific equipment and redirected traffic, which allowed…
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TORONTO — CBC announced today it will offer a full lineup of Canada Day programming across its TV, radio and digital platforms, “showcasing voices, music and perspectives from communities from coast-to-coast-to-coast,” according to a press release.
Starting at 11 a.m. ET on July 1, CBC TV, CBC News Network and CBC Gem will air CBC News Special: Canada Day 2022, hosted by Vassy Kapelos with reporting from CBC’s senior parliamentary reporters Hannah Thibedeau and Travis Dhanraj.
This special “is a chance to reconnect after a two year hiatus from in-person Canada Day celebrations,” the press release reads. The broadcast…
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Company sent a letter to ISED and Competition Bureau and is preparing ad blitz
By Ahmad Hathout
THE COMPANY THAT formerly owned the assets of what is now called Freedom Mobile has not given up on reacquiring them, despite a deal announced earlier this month that (pending relevant approvals) would see Rogers sell the wireless assets to Quebecor to satisfy regulators looking at its proposed acquisition of Shaw Communications.
Globalive Capital on Friday sent a letter to Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell – with a copy to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – further pitching its case as being…
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SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA) announced today registration is now open for CCSA Connect 2022, which is taking place Sept. 26-28 at the Fairmont Tremblant Resort in Mont-Tremblant, Que.
CCSA also released a draft program featuring the event’s lineup of speakers and sessions.
For CCSA members only, the CCSA shareholders meeting will be held on Monday, Sept. 26 at 9 a.m. ET, followed by a CCSA members’ roundtable at 10:45 a.m.
The conference officially begins for all delegates with the welcome luncheon at noon on Sept. 26, followed by afternoon education sessions, including one titled…
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MONTREAL – Videotron’s illico set top box platform does not violate patented technology claimed by a subsidiary of U.S.-based Xperi, a Federal Court judge ruled in a decision released yesterday.
Xperi is the parent company of digital entertainment technology company Rovi, which has for years brought lawsuits against Canada’s big broadcasters for alleged infringement of technology in their viewing devices. Rovi has previously had licensing agreements with the major television service providers, including Bell, Rogers, Shaw and Videotron. The patented technology at issue involves the software that displays television program listings for a user to navigate, called an “interactive television…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC said today that telecommunications service providers will have to adhere to a regime that will set a minimum standard for blocking botnet traffic, which it said constitutes a “significant issue for cyber security, both in terms of volume and severity of harm.”
Botnets are networks of malware-infected devices that are controlled from a central location and used to do things like steal data and/or send an overwhelming number of communications to a server, which causes it to fail (denial-of-service attack). The increasing number of internet-connected devices coming to market, a lot largely with flimsy security measures, are…
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WHITEHORSE – Chu Níikwän LP, the business arm of Kwanlin Dün First Nation, and Northwestel announced today they are partnering to build a Yukon headquarters for the telecommunications company.
“The headquarters will be located on Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) settlement land on Quartz Road in Whitehorse, with the architecture inspired by Kwanlin Dün artistic and cultural traditions,” a press release says.
Chu Níikwän will build and own the new three-storey building while Northwestel will lease the top two floors for at least twenty years.
“The ground floor will be developed on spec in anticipation of a growing need for modern office…
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