WHISTLER, B.C, - There was precious little new information doled out today by some of the participants at RBC Capital Markets annual telecom and media conference in the B.C. ski... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Advertisers on the TV listings channels in a number of smaller Shaw Cable communities can now make their own ads, if they like, opening up the service to... Continue Reading
WHEN PEOPLE FIND OUT I AM the president of Babytel, an independent provider of high-speed Internet phone service, the first question I get is about our name, (most love it),... Continue Reading
DESPITE THE IMMINENT SHUTDOWN of the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association, a move which will cost 26 jobs, Canada's smaller independent operators have already decided they must have a continuing presence... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Bragg Communications, the parent company of Halifax-based MSO EastLink, has appealed to the CRTC to expand what can be shown in the two minutes of ad time U.S.... Continue Reading
SASKATOON – Canadian broadcaster Keith Morrison, a former Saskatoon broadcaster who now works for NBC in Los Angeles, is coming back to the Prairie province to host Crystal Meth: Toxic... Continue Reading
SASKATOON – While his brainchild, Crystal Meth: Toxic Speed, will air as planned on Sunday, Shaw Cable program manager Jim Mattern has been fired, says the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Two reports... Continue Reading
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Worldwide cable telephony service revenues rose from US$4.5 billion in 2004 to US$5.6 billion in 2005, and are projected to reach US$10 billion by 2009, reports American... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Thanks to integration expenses (of Microcell and Call-Net), Rogers Communications posted a loss of $66.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2005, ended December 31st.. While that's a... Continue Reading
TORONTO – A story in today's National Post which said Rogers Communications made a friendly, informal, $9.3 billion all-share offer to purchase Shaw Communications is wrong. A terse two-sentence release... Continue Reading