TORONTO – The labour situation between Canada's actors and producers hasn't changed so today ACTRA, the actors' union, issued the following open letter to the Canadian Film and Television Production... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Leslie E. Shaw, the older brother of Shaw Communications chairman JR Shaw, died last Wednesday in his sleep at his Barbados home. He was 79. While JR built... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Saying he wants an accounting of exactly how the Canadian Television Fund money is spent and where the value is, Shaw Communications CEO Jim Shaw says until he... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Videotron announced late Tuesday afternoon that it won't be making its regular monthly contributions to the Canadian Television Fund either. In a letter to the CTF, Pierre Karl... Continue Reading
CBC/RADIO-CANADA DOES NOT receive any money from the Canadian Television Fund (see "Shaw suspends TV fund payments"). The fund goes to independent producers to help them make Canadian programs that... Continue Reading
THE SMALL AND MEDIUM-sized business market has become a crowded place. All of the big companies have said in the past months they see this market as a place to... Continue Reading
DEREGULATING LOCAL PHONE in major urban centres in 2007 seems to me to be the right thing to do. "The idea that somehow the cable guys are at a disadvantage... Continue Reading
CALGARY – DTH company Star Choice said today it will expand its Mississauga operations by adding a call centre and increasing employment at the facilities by up to 100 people... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Shaw Communications said today announced that it has agreed to buy the cable systems in Winfield, Lumby, Pender Island, Mayne Island, Galiano Island and Lillooet, B.C. from Mascon... Continue Reading
CALGARY – The battle for workers in Alberta is holding things back a little at Shaw Communications, the company said today. The company posted nice growth figures in the first... Continue Reading