THE FINAL PUSH IS on for the inaugural SCTE Canadian Summit, to be held at the Toronto Congress Centre February 3-4.
The conference promises to be a key date in the engineering calendar for Canadian cable telecommunications engineers, technicians and vendors looking to share information and broaden their knowledge on challenges like switched digital, DOCSIS 3.0 and other myriad network issues.
While vendor tables have long been sold out, registration for the conference is still open and can be accessed by clicking here. As well, the deadline for nominations for the first-ever young Canadian Engineering Professional of the…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has sided with CTV in finding that Shaw Cablesystems and Bell TV did not perform simultaneous program substitution for the network’s HD broadcast of the 2008 Super Bowl last February. Star Choice was also named in CTV’s complaint, but was found to be in compliance.
While the Commission accepted Shaw’s explanation of technical difficulties, it has directed the cable company to resolve the issues in time for the 2009 Super Bowl broadcast. Bell TV has also been ordered to comply, and both BDUs must provide “written assurances” within the next two weeks to the CRTC and CTV, or…
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CALGARY – Shaw has launched The Big Ten Network in HD and SD, and the Golf Channel in HD, and both sports networks will be available in free preview mode until January 31, 2009.
The Big Ten Network covers the Big Ten Conference and its 11 member institutions in the U.S., offering live coverage of football, men’s and women’s basketball, and other NCAA-sponsored sports, as well as other campus news and highlights.
The Golf Channel covers 47 PGA Tour events and world golf championships such as the Mercedes Championship, the Sony Open, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, the European…
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YORKTON, SK – The Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival has opened the nomination process for the 2009 Golden Sheaf Awards competition and is including community cable productions in 2009.
The Festival offers 21 category and three craft awards, plus the newly announced ‘Global Issues Award’ and the ‘Ruth Shaw Award’. Awards for community cable productions and student productions have also been added this year.
Entries for the 62 year-old festival will be accepted until February 1, 2009. Nominees will be announced in March, and the Golden Sheaf Statues awarded at the gala on May 23, 2009 in Yorkton, SK….
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TORONTO and VANCOUVER – Shaw Cable customers in Sportsnet’s Pacific and West regions will now get more programming in HD.
Shaw launched the regional Sportsnet HD channel feeds in place of the national one in these markets earlier this week, meaning those viewers can now watch programming that was previously blacked out due to regional restrictions. For example, BC viewers can now see Vancouver Canucks games on their Sportsnet HD Pacific channel, rather than an alternate channel.
The regional HD feeds are available only to viewers in Shaw markets that are fed via fibre. Shaw communities who receive satellite…
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TORONTO and VANCOUVER – Shaw Cable customers who watch Rogers Sportsnet HD on channel 211 will now receive Sportsnet West HD or Sportsnet Pacific HD on the same channel.
Effective immediately, Shaw Cable viewers will receive regular regional HD programming when scheduled, along with HD editions of sports highlight show Sportsnet Connected on weeknights.
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TORONTO – It was an overflow house of hundreds of family, friends, politicians and Canadian business glitterati who gathered in Toronto’s St. James Cathedral on a grey, rainy Tuesday morning to pay their final respects to Ted Rogers, the founder of Rogers Communications and one of the leading lights of Canadian business.
Rogers died December 2nd of heart disease at the age of 75.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, former PM Brian Mulroney, Shaw Communications founder JR Shaw and his son, CEO Jim Shaw, Telus CEO Darren Entwistle, Bell Canada CEO George Cope, Astral chairman Andre…
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TORONTO – Nominations close Wednesday, December 10th for the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) brand new Young Canadian Engineering Professional of the Year Award.
The SCTE, along with Aurora Networks as the primary sponsor and Cartt.ca as the publishing partner, last month announced the development and launch of a new award that annually will recognize a young cable telecommunications engineering professional in Canada who is already making his or her mark on the industry.
The Young Canadian Engineering Professional of the Year Award will debut as part of the inaugural SCTE Canadian Summit, which is set for Tuesday…
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It is with great sadness that Rogers Communications Inc. announces the death of company founder Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers, a visionary communications industry pioneer and a titan in Canadian business. He was 75.
(Ed Note: The following is the full press release detailing Ted Rogers’ life, issued by Rogers Communications.)
Mr. Rogers, known for his relentless drive, built Rogers Communications into a Canadian leader in wireless telecommunications, cable television, broadcasting, publishing and more. Mr. Rogers’ name is synonymous with innovative, high-quality communications products across Canada.
He leaves his wife, Loretta; four children: Lisa, Edward (Suzanne), Melinda (Eric) and Martha; and…
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TORONTO – With the privatization of Bell Canada looking like it’s dead, what with the release last week that KPMG can’t deliver a positive opinion on the solvency of the big telco post-deal, speculation has run rampant that Telus might still be interested in merging with Bell.
Scotia Capital analyst John Henderson issued an investor’s report saying that he believes there’s a 15% chance Of “Belus” happening. Telus did seriously want to kick Bell’s tires back in mid-2007 when the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and its partners put together its deal to buy Bell, but the western telco Continue Reading
