TORONTO – Global Television and comedy club Second City are teaming up on The Second City Project, a multiplatform collection of addictive, laugh-out-loud content launching on Globaltv.com and Global Go Monday.
Introducing a host of hilarious new comedic characters from the world's premiere name in comedy – the Second City Toronto and Chicago theatres – The Second City Project features sketch comedy at its finest with two parallel worlds: a sleek cinematic world of filmed sketches and semi-scripted scenes from the writers' room.
New sketches will be posted each week, also available on Vine, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram…
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MARKHAM – The Ontario Association of Broadcasters held its tenth annual Career Development Day on March 2, with more than 360 students from 11 post-secondary broadcast schools registering for the event.
Career Day allows soon-to-be graduating broadcasting students to meet with professionals in their field to talk candidly and ask questions. The event’s ever popular round-table discussions featured hosts from all areas of broadcasting and included: (alphabetically) Shelley Barry, Blair Bartrem, Keith Beaulieu, Richard Bloom, David Boorne, Paul Brousseau, Scott Burnett, Chris Byrnes, John Coldwell, Pat Cugliari, Amanda Dwyer, Dave Farough, Andrea Gagliardi, Pat Gonsalves, Jonathan Green, Gord Harris, Jennifer Howe, Stu…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications is providing free access to its Shaw Go WiFi network at over 900 hotspots locations in Kelowna through March 22, 2015.
Shaw Go WiFi can be accessed at locations including the Downtown Core, Kelowna City Park, Kelowna Yacht Club and Marina, Apple Bowl, Landmark Cinemas, H20 Adventure + Fitness Center and Capri Mall. A full list of locations is available at www.shaw.ca/wifi or by downloading the Shaw Go WiFi Finder App.
Residents who are not Shaw customers can connect to the network for free on their laptop and mobile devices by selecting "ShawGuest" on the list of…
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TORONTO – Competition in business television is about to get fierce.
On Thursday, Channel Zero and Bloomberg Media will officially announce a new, long-term, exclusive partnership which will see the independent Canadian broadcaster launch a new, Canadian version of the popular business news cable channel early in the second half of 2015. (Bloomberg TV, the financial news channel owned by billionaire entrepreneur and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is currently on the CRTC’s eligible satellite list and is carried by most large and many small distributors in Canada, the notable exceptions being Bell Canada and Vidéotron.)
“It’s a really…
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GATINEAU – Increased network costs, significant growth in bandwidth usage and outdated cost studies are three of the main reasons Shaw Communications has had to raise its Third Party Internet Access rates, the company said in a filing to the CRTC last week.
In response to questions from the Commission on Tariff Notice 22 (TN 22) as well as comments from a number of independent ISPs, the Calgary-based media and communications company offered additional details on the costs behind its TPIA services. In the February 19 submission, Shaw said it only stands to reason that wholesale broadband rates…
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PORT COQUITLAM, BC – Shaw Communications has signed a non-exclusive, five-year agreement with the City of Port Coquitlam to provide free wifi to its busiest park and public facilities.
Shaw Go WiFi service will soon be available at Port Coquitlam City Hall, Hyde Creek Recreation Complex, Port Coquitlam Recreation Complex, Terry Fox Library and Gates Park. Although Port Coquitlam's City Hall, recreation centres and the library already offer free wifi, Shaw Go WiFi will be faster and more reliable, reads the announcement, and the Shaw service will enable the city to dedicate its wifi capacity to staff needs.
"Access to a…
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TORONTO – Telus has finalized a new partnership with global Internet of Things (IoT) platform leader Jasper that it says will help Canadian businesses to launch, manage and monetize IoT services.
The Telus Control Centre, a purpose-built IoT service platform provided by Santa Clara, Calif-based Jasper, promises to simplify the deployment and management of IoT services by offering automated device provisioning, real-time diagnostics, integrated billing, and deep reporting and cost-management features. The self-service platform manages the entire lifecycle of an IoT service, enabling companies to introduce new business models, go to market faster and scale over time to meet…
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TORONTO – As part of a media tour in Toronto last week, SaskTel president and CEO Ron Styles sat down with Cartt.ca to discuss the telecom company’s most recent financial year and its upcoming projects. However, he declined to comment on this spring’s upcoming AWS-3 spectrum auction, of which SaskTel is one of the applicants planning to bid on licences in Saskatchewan.
“We’re prohibited by the federal government to discuss that, while the auction is getting ready to kick off,” Styles (pictured) explained. “I can’t really comment on AWS-3 at all, otherwise I’ll be getting a call.”
As…
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TORONTO – DHX Television has joined Canadian publishers Post Media, Yellow Pages and The Chronicle Herald as the newest members of Canada's Premium Audience Exchange (CPAX).
CPAX bills itself as the premier access point to top tier real time English and French digital inventory in Canada. Established by CBC/Radio-Canada, Rogers and Shaw in 2011, its automated platform delivers scalable reach and granular targeting from one convenient touch-point and now boasts more than 100 premium sites on the exchange. CPAX is powered by Index Exchange, a neutral and transparent exchange layer that enables publishers to sell their ad impressions in real-time.
"Since…
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WINNPEG – Shaw Media has signed a new, one year partnership with the National Screen Institute that it says is worth $200,000.
This agreement sees the return of the $1,000 Shaw Media Fearless Female Director award in the NSI Online Short Film Festival and a brand new course, the Shaw Media Diverse TV Director program, which will launch in early March. The course is designed for participants with directing experience who are interested in directing scripted television and includes an intense ‘bootcamp’ in Toronto plus a four week director job shadowing experience on the set of a…
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