Bell’s Oosterman to lead media group
MONTREAL — BCE announced today Bell group president and vice-chair Wade Oosterman will take over operational leadership of Bell Media in 2021 following the departure of Bell Media’s current president, Randy Lennox, on January 4.
“On behalf of everyone at Bell, I would like to thank Randy (above) for his leadership at Bell Media and his support of a smooth leadership transition in 2021,” said Mirko Bibic, president and CEO of BCE and Bell Canada, in a press release. “A renowned executive in Canadian music and media, Randy joined Bell Media in 2015 and has…
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MORE TV DISTRIBUTORS in Canada are adding CBC/Radio-Canada’s 24-hours news channels, CBC News Network and ICI RDI, to the lineup of channels available to all of their subscribers.
The public broadcaster says it is collaborating with the country’s TV distributors as Canadians face a resurgence of Covid-19. Back in mid-March at the beginning of the pandemic, many of Canada’s TV distributors made the two news channels available to their subscribers.
CBC News Network is now available to all subscribers on Bell TV, Rogers, Cogeco, Eastlink, SaskTel and others, with Telus and Shaw joining next week. In addition, as of tomorrow,…
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OTTAWA — Nokia announced today as part of its continued partnership with Area X.O (formerly known as the Ottawa L5 and led by Invest Ottawa) it will deploy 4.9G/LTE and 5G private wireless solutions and Nokia drone networks via Area X.O’s 5G Mobile Command Centre van (above) as part of a cross-Canada road trip.
The organizations are embarking on the tour to demonstrate to emergency responders and industry verticals how they can use private wireless “for increased situational awareness to aid in unsafe conditions and help prevent disasters,” reads the Nokia press release.
Backed by funding from the government of…
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OTTAWA — The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) announced today CRTC chair and CEO Ian Scott and Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Navdeep Bains are confirmed as keynote speakers for next month’s virtual Canadian ISP Summit.
Running from November 3 to 4, the virtual 2020 Canadian ISP Summit has as its theme “Navigating the New Normal”, and will feature keynote speeches, general session presentations and panel discussions, as well as a virtual trade show.
Scott is scheduled to speak on November 3 from 1:10 p.m. to 1:40 p.m. ET. Bains will speak on November 4 from 2 p.m. to…
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VANCOUVER and GATINEAU – A Part 1 application filed October 1st with the CRTC this week says a Vancouver developer allegedly doesn’t know or won’t follow the rules around allowing competitive network providers into new buildings.
The application from Novus Communications asks the Commission to issue an order for timely access to certain developments currently being built by Polygon Construction Management. Novus provides broadband, TV, and telephone service to thousands of customers in and around Vancouver in multiple unit dwellings such as apartments and condos.
The application focuses on what has happened trying to get into the Berkeley House project in…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications announced today it will begin offering smartphone repair services at select Rogers retail locations.
Rogers will bring WeFix smartphone repair services, in partnership with its owner Brightstar Device Protection, to select Rogers stores across the GTA starting today making Rogers outlets a one-stop-shop for all their customers’ device needs. In April this year, Brightstar (which already offers device insurance to Rogers customers) acquired the U.K.’s WeFix, a “manufacturer-approved” smartphone repair company.
“With this service, Canadians can get their smartphones repaired by an expert at one of our Rogers stores, within hours, and have it backed…
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GATINEAU — As the CRTC continues a Review and Vary of its August 2019 order which slashed the wholesale rates third-party Internet access (TPIA) companies pay to the incumbent network owners, the Commission announced today it is approving a stay of the order’s implementation while it completes its review.
The stay was requested by Bell Canada and cable companies Cogeco, Eastlink, Rogers, Shaw and Videotron when those incumbents requested in December 2019 that the Commission review and vary its Telecom Order 2019-288 decision.
The Commission’s announcement today comes after the Federal Court of Appeal on September 10 dismissed the…
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MONTREAL — Incendo announced today principal photography has begun in Montreal on As Gouda As It Gets, the latest TV movie being produced by the company for Rogers Sports and Media to air as part of Citytv’s Fall in Love Friday lineup.
Written by James Phillips and directed by Anne De Léan (Within These Walls, L’heure Bleue, Le Jeu), As Gouda As It Gets stars Canadians Kim Shaw (The Lead, Christmas Scavenger Hunt, Saving Hope), Clayton James (When Calls the Heart, Made For You With Love, A Christmas Arrangement) and Tara Joshi (Grounded for Christmas, Nostalgic Christmas, V Morgan is…
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GATINEAU – Despite the demand it and others made to the CRTC for revised tariffs filed since the incumbent carriers lost their court case, no new revised tariff pages have yet been filed with the Commission by the network owners and until they are, independent ISP TekSavvy will stop paying its wholesale fees to Rogers and Bell.
On September 11th, TekSavvy, Distributel and the Competitive Network Operators of Canada each filed applications with the CRTC demanding the incumbent telco and cable carriers file new tariff pages as ordered by the Commission in its August 2019 decision setting new wholesale…
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OTTAWA – The federal government and the B.C. government today said a 40 km fibre-optic run north of Whistler, British Columbia will be completed next month which will result in increased connectivity speeds in Mount Currie and the Lil’wat Nation – and also provide connectivity to the Ts’zil Learning Centre.
It’s part of a $5.6 million extension called the Whistler-Cache Creek Transport Fibre Build project, says the federal government press release.
Future construction will connect communities such as Birken, Seton Lake, Tsal’alh Nation, T’it’q’et, Cayoose Creek Band, Xaxli’p, Ts’kw’ayalaxw First Nation, N’Quatqua First Nation and Bonaparte First Nation along the total…
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