TORONTO – The Canadian Coalition Against Internet Child Exploitation (CCAICE) today released its seven-point National Action Plan designed to help protect children from online sexual exploitation and to assist in bringing those who victimize children to justice.
"The Action Plan is the result of unprecedented collaboration by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and industry leaders, law enforcement, government and non-governmental agencies," said Inspector Jennifer Strachan, Officer-in- Charge of the RCMP National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre. "However, to succeed we require the help and support of all Canadians to protect children online."
The members of the coalition are: Cybertip.ca RCMP and…
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TED ROGERS TURNED TO AN old friend this week to expand his telecom empire, but was a little unclear whether or not he’ll use his new hammer to nail his cable friends while building local telephony across the country.
Today, Rogers Communications announced it would purchase Call-Net Enterprises, which does business mainly under the Sprint Canada name, in a $330 million all-stock deal. Still a money-losing competitive local exchange carrier (its net loss in 2004 was $78.4 million), Call-Net did book revenues last year of over $818 million and EBITDA of $105 million.
Call-Net CEO Bill Linton is a…
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OSHAWA – Spiky-haired former jock reporter John Gallagher will return to Toronto-area radio tomorrow morning on Oshawa’s 94.9 The Rock.
The two-time sportscaster of the year and one-time Foster Hewitt award winner will join host Sarah Beer and the “Beer for Breakfast” morning show on the Durham Radio-owned station.
A long-time broadcast veteran, Gallagher has had stints with Q107, TSN and Citytv, but has been off-air for the most part since City cut him loose in 2004.
“Joining Sarah Beer for ‘John Gallagher and Beer for Breakfast,’ Gallagher will inject a new dimension to mornings on 94.9 The Rock,”…
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WASHINGTON – Stressing he does not know what the CRTC’s voice over IP decision will be, Bell Canada Enterprises CEO Michael Sabia said today that if it reads the way he thinks it will, the company will immediately appeal it to the Federal Cabinet.
Speaking at a media and telecom conference this morning in Washington, Sabia said he believes the Commission will side against the incumbent telephone companies (ILECs) and maintain certain regulatory restrictions on the likes of Bell Canada and Telus when it comes to voice over Internet telephony.
The CRTC’s VOIP decision is due out sometime next…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – TV distribution newcomer Manitoba Telecom Services had its complaint over Shaw Cablesystems distribution of certain channels denied today by the CRTC.
But that doesn’t mean the rules aren’t about to change, again.
In August 2004 MTS, which operates a DSL-delivered digital television product in Winnipeg, asked the Commission for an expedited mandatory order, under section 12(2) of the Broadcasting Act, saying Shaw was violating the distribution and linkage (D&L) rules.
MTS complained that in and around Winnipeg, Shaw has been offering certain discretionary services (Family Channel and the U.S. superstations KTLA Los Angeles, WGN-TV Chicago, WPIX New…
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HAVING COVERED THE Cable, radio, television and telecom markets for well over seven years now, you could say I was inspired.
I’ve written about so many entrepreneurs who gambled and won (and a few who gambled and lost, too) that I suppose it had to rub off on me.
Warning, blatant self-promotion now follows.
So, on Monday, May 2 at 4:13 p.m., www.cartt.ca went live and on Tuesday, our first-ever newsletter went out filled with original stories you…
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WINNIPEG – Manitoba Telecom Services reported huge (160.8%) growth in its television customers with the release of its second quarter financial report today.
While the still-small MTS TV group is still classified as “Other Revenue” by the company, lumped in with the company’s directory business and other items, that unit earned $22.6 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2005, a 40% jump over Q1 2004.
Offered to customers in Winnipeg, MTS TV counted 37,219 customers at March 31, 2004, placing it in the top 12 of television signal distributors in Canada. Today, the company reported it had…
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TORONTO – The whole Rogers Communications campus is rather wrapped up in four little letters these days: VOIP.
Both 333 Bloor St. E and One Mount Pleasant are buzzing as the company gets set to launch its brand new voice over Internet protocol product in July. It’s the latest addition to the Rogers bundles and adds a crucial fourth tentacle to the company’s wireless, video and data offerings.
What’s newest about this product is that, according to company CEO Ted Rogers, one option will combine the wired and wireless phone. Think about it. One handset that acts as your…
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