TORONTO – CTV’s daily talk series The Social kicks off ‘Radio Week’ Monday by welcoming Bell Media radio hosts from the company's network of stations across the country during the week of May 16 – 20.
From stations in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal, Marilyn Denis (CHUM FM Toronto), Nira Arora (Virgin Radio Vancouver), Meredith Shaw (CHUM FM Toronto), Andrea Collins (formerly of Virgin Radio Montreal and currently with Virgin Radio Toronto), and Nat Hunter (QMFM Vancouver) join The Social co-hosts Melissa Grelo, Cynthia Loyst, Lainey Lu and digital correspondent Jess Allen throughout the week.
"The Social is all about opinion and…
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TORONTO – Rogers is ditching the Mobilicity brand and will switch its approximately 150,000 customers to its Chatr flanker brand this summer.
Customers will be unable to add new Mobilicity lines to their account after August 15, but can change their current plans until joining Chatr, a Rogers spokesperson told Cartt.ca. Rogers will also convert "a large number" of Mobilicity’s dealers to Chatr branded stores and countertops.
The spokesperson added that Mobilicity customers will have broader coverage zones with Chatr, and that the company will offer “comparable plan options”. Currently, Mobilicity offers unlimited talk, text and data plans in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications will provide a one-month service credit to all customers in Fort McMurray and surrounding Northern Alberta communities affected by the recent wildfires that swept through the city, the company said Saturday.
The application of this credit is retroactive to May 3, the date of the mandatory evacuation, and will ensure all affected customers continue to have access to Shaw Go WiFi, FreeRange TV and their @shaw.ca email account while they are out of their homes without needing to worry about their account's status.
In addition, all residents and visitors in Northern Alberta and Edmonton have been given…
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OTTAWA – Can Canada maintain a rights market of its own for cultural content in the face of rampant and rapid technological change? If so, how? Should we? At what costs? What would any new rules say?
These very difficult, complex questions, along with Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly’s recent announcement that our aged legislation covering Canadian content rules will soon be getting an overhaul, were front and centre during the first morning of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Biennial conference into new developments in communications law and policy at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa.
For example,…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Telecommunications service providers cannot charge for a service that is not, and cannot be, provided following a cancellation, the CRTC stressed Thursday.
The Commission made the comments after issuing two decisions relating to its prohibition of 30-day cancellation policies, a move designed to make it easier for consumers to switch service providers. In the first decision, the Commission denied a request by Telus to direct Shaw Communications to cease requiring the payment of liquidated damages when small business customers cancel retail local voice or Internet services before service installation work has begun.
Noting that Telus’ focus on a single service…
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SASKATOON – Shaw Communications is now offering free WiFi service with guest access to visitors at Saskatoon’s City Hall, the downtown transit terminal, and several City leisure facilities.
An additional 27 City facilities are scheduled to receive WiFi service under the new Service Saskatoon service model.
Residents and visitors may access the Shaw Go WiFi network on their WiFi enabled devices by selecting 'ShawGuest' from the list of available WiFi settings and following the on-screen instructions to connect. Shaw customers will be able to automatically log onto the WiFi service through the Shaw Go WiFi network.
"The new WiFi services at…
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TORONTO – BCE’s proposed acquisition of MTS will not only contradict the previous government’s push for four wireless players in every market, it could open the door for further consolidation in the rest of the market.
Canaccord Genuity Corp. analyst Aravinda Galappatthige said approval of the $3.9 billion BCE/MTS deal would “set a significant precedent, as it would reduce Manitoba to a three-player wireless market from four.”
“As a result, we also believe that this would give Shaw a potential exit strategy in wireless should it decide to sell Wind”, he wrote in a client note Monday. “In addition, we…
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Focus on transport, says Shaw
GATINEAU – The Joint Task Force (JTF) of small incumbent local exchange carriers (SILECs) in Canada offered a rather different option to the CRTC on Tuesday when it comes to ensuring there is broadband to every household in the country.
Rather than a blanket subsidy available for all so-called high cost serving areas, it should only be available in under and unserved communities.
In addition, the subsidy shouldn’t be available on a per exchange basis, but rather on a household or NAS level. If there are two ISPs (i.e. telco and cableco) providing service into a particular…
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WINNIPEG – Corus Entertainment and the National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI) have unveiled the five students accepted to the 2016 Corus Diverse TV Director (formerly Shaw Media Diverse TV Director) training program.
The program is designed for participants with directing experience who are interested in making the leap to directing scripted television series.
The 2016 students are:
– Tricia Lee; Toronto, ON
– Tarique Qayumi; Whistler, BC
– Adam Garnet Jones; Toronto, ON
– Tanya Lemke; Toronto, ON
– Amy Jo Johnson; Toronto, ON
"We are excited to partner with NSI to offer vital training to emerging diverse Canadian filmmakers and welcome these talented…
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GATINEAU – Three of the country’s smaller, but major, ISPs have told the CRTC’s basic service objective hearing that it shouldn’t micromanage the broadband file by explicitly developing mechanisms to deal with service gaps. SaskTel, Cogeco and MTS all believe that governments are far better positioned to handle infrastructure and affordability issues.
In his opening remarks on Monday, SaskTel president and CEO Ron Stiles argued market forces combined with targeted government funding has worked for the vast majority of communities in Saskatchewan. To encourage additional broadband deployment, the CRTC should stay away from “prescriptive” approaches but rather set new higher…
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