TORONTO – Kids’ CBC wants to get Canadian children and their families moving with a new live-action interactive musical adventure series called The Moblees.
Designed for kids aged 3 – 5 years, the 30 x 11-minutes series integrates a holistic approach to healthy active living, including non-sedentary behaviours, physical activity and nutrition. The Moblees will begin on December 22 on CBC Monday to Friday at 8:00 AM (8:30 NT).
Each episode features a movement-centric, song-driven adventure that culminates in the awarding of a Moblee Medal, rewarding preschoolers’ newfound expertise in doing ordinary things in extraordinary ways with movement. The series stars five loveable characters who – along with do-ers at home – overcome obstacles through…
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TORONTO – Telus wants to help Canadian businesses accelerate their adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technology with its new IoT Marketplace, billed as an online space offering IoT solutions from cutting-edge innovators and industry-leading technology companies.
The company said that the IoT Marketplace will simplify the complexity of IoT for businesses and allow them to quickly deploy a solution to help reduce costs and enhance their efficiency, productivity and profitability. For developers and IoT technology providers, the marketplace will provide an instant sales channel, with lead generation, the support of Telus' sales and marketing teams, and integrated billing.
"IoT technology has tremendous…
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SUN PEAKS, B.C. – Mascon Cable Systems has launched DOCSIS 3.0 in Sun Peaks, White Croft and Heffley Lake, the company announced last week.
Sun Peaks is the second largest ski area in British Columbia and is the third-largest in the country. The deployment of DOCSIS 3.0 (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification), or D3 technology, represents a landmark shift in Internet speeds for both its residential and business customers, says the company.
Mascon’s first introduction of D3 was in 2013 with launches in Sicamous and Chase, B.C.
The company’s Sonic 100 Internet package will now allow…
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TORONTO – Asian Television Network International has launched three more channels nationwide on Shaw Direct.
General interest Hindi-language channels ATN-Sony and ATN-Aapka Colors plus Bollywood Movie channel ATN-B4U Movies are available immediately, and are on free preview through January 13, 2015.
"We are delighted to launch these three popular channels on Shaw Direct via DTH satellite across Canada", said ATN president and CEO Dr. Shan Chandrasekar, in the news release. "These channels will complement our compelling ATN flagship channel with star plus programming , which was the only South Asian channel available on Shaw Direct so far. The consumers can now…
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GATINEAU – “Contrary to the assertions of some parties, there is simply no problem to solve when it comes to Canadian broadband.” Those comments from Ted Woodhead, senior VP of federal government and regulatory affairs at Telus Communications, during the company’s reply on Wednesday pretty much sum up the views of all the major incumbent ISPs when it comes to wholesale broadband access regulations which the CRTC has under review.
The big players have argued throughout the hearing that competition is alive and well in retail Internet access markets between the cable and telephone companies, and any decision that grants…
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TORONTO – Launching next Thursday for customers of Bell, Telus, Bell Aliant and EastLink is the traditional TV industry’s latest salvo in the battle to retain customers by providing more content to television subscribers on more devices at any time.
This morning at the Bell TIFF Lightbox, the company officially revealed CraveTV, a $4-a-month service which will give subscribers to a traditional TV package access to more than 10,000 hours of content on their handsets, tablets, PCs and their regular set top boxes. It will also be available soon on other platforms such as AppleTV, Chromecast and Xbox.
Costing…
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IROQUOIS, ON – Ross Video has promoted Shawn Snider to marketing product manager for its Inception Newsroom Computer System, Streamline Media Asset Management, and EZ Prompt Teleprompter solutions.
Snider, pictured, has been with Ross Video since 2007, where he started as a developer for the company’s OverDrive Automated Production Control System, and quickly rose to become an integral part of the company’s software design team.
“The market response to Inception News has exceeded our expectations and it is time to expand our product marketing team to…
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CALGARY – Shaw Business is launching an upgraded Managed WiFi solution that it says will enable hotels, resorts, casinos and conference centres of all sizes to keep up with the ever-growing demand for Internet connectivity.
Available in January 2015, Managed WiFi will deliver Internet access and a scalable WiFi solution to properties in one package at one affordable price, eliminating the need to buy these services individually while ensuring a property's bandwidth requirements are always met. It also includes a complimentary site design and analysis to determine the optimal WiFi solution for each property.
“Consumers rank Internet connectivity and WiFi availability…
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GATINEAU – The current wholesale broadband access regime has made it very difficult for new IPTV providers to compete against incumbents, argued independent ISP/IPTV provider VMedia in appearance before the CRTC’s Fibre Hearing on Friday.
Company representatives said that costing under capacity-based billing (CBB) doesn’t make sense for them and the resulting inconsistent rates affect its ability to offer a triple-play bundle of voice, Internet and TV at prices that are competitive with the incumbents.
In its opening remarks, VMedia provided details about rates it would be required to pay to access facilities from an incumbent to replicate current incumbent IPTV…
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GATINEAU – Cogeco Cable says it doesn’t need to be all or nothing when it comes to regulating wholesale access to incumbent broadband facilities. The company told the CRTC Thursday morning that establishing a framework which encourages negotiation while providing a reference rate as a backstop could help stimulate more wholesale competition.
“We’re proposing something that will actually help the markets move from a current situation with regulation to a completely deregulated market. We think we need some steps along the way so that’s why we’re proposing this approach,“ said Philippe Jetté, senior VP of technology and strategy…
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