YELLOWKNIFE – The Northwest Territories (NWT) Broadband Infrastructure project wrapped up this week with every NWT community receiving 4G wireless and high-speed Internet service.
The Government of Canada contributed $14.8 million to the NWT Broadband Infrastructure Phase 2 project through the Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund (CSIF), and Falcon Communications contributed $19.4 million, with support from NorthwesTel and the provincial government of the Northwest Territories.
This project, which delivered high-speed Internet connectivity and wireless mobility to all 33 communities in the Territory, addressed gaps in the delivery of enhanced Internet by providing increased usage packages, new satellite-based DSL Internet services, and advanced…
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TORONTO and CALGARY – Shaw Communications will donate $50,000 to three children’s charities selected by the Shaw CFL Top Performers of the 2017 CFL season, James Wilder Jr., Mike Reilly and Brandon Banks.
Shaw has been a partner of the Canadian Football League since 2015 as the only presenting sponsor of the Grey Cup. At the end of each year, the top three Shaw CFL performers – as selected by an independent panel of judges and weekly point accumulation – are given the opportunity to choose a charity to receive a donation from Shaw.
The Toronto Argonauts’ James Wilder Jr….
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TORONTO – The winners of the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards (CMBIA) were unveiled Thursday night in Toronto, celebrating the best and brightest in all fields of the Canadian music and broadcast industries.
Paul Anka received the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award, while Robert "TooTall" Wagenaar, Patti-Anne Tarlton, David Farrell and Jeff Craib were also in attendance as 2018 inductees to the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame.
In addition, Régine Chassagne and Win Butler of Arcade Fire (pictured) were on hand to receive the 2018 Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award in recognition of the band's humanitarian efforts to…
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TORONTO – Just in time for summer, Bell Media’s Gusto is cooking up a free preview with sizzling new programming.
The food and lifestyle channel has assembled a summer schedule that includes new original series Where To I Do?, starring design expert Tommy Smythe (The Marilyn Denis Show); Dog Tales Rescue, a docu-series following King City, Ont.’s Dog Tales Rescue and Horse Sanctuary; and Bonacini’s Italy, featuring world-renowned chef and MasterChef judge Michael Bonacini. Celebrity gourmet Nigella Lawson makes her Gusto debut by whipping up her favourite comfort meals with her latest series,…
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MONTREAL – Bell Canada Enterprises continued the run of good news for Canada’s communications companies, adding thousands of broadband, TV and wireless customers in the first quarter of 2018, ended March 31.
"Network leadership continues to drive Bell's progress in broadband customer additions, service usage and revenue growth as we welcomed approximately 102,000 net new postpaid wireless, Internet and IPTV customers in the first quarter of 2018,” said CEO George Cope in the company’s press release this morning. This was the company’s best first quarter since 2011, he added.
“I fully expect the strong subscriber growth to continue this year,” he…
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CLARINGTON, ON – The Municipality of Clarington (just east of Oshawa) and Bell announced this week that its all-fibre broadband network is now available to all 28,000 homes and businesses in the community.
Bell’s Clarington broadband network expansion is part of the communications company's fibre to the premises (FTTP) network expansion to more than 1.3 million homes and business locations in the GTA/905 region surrounding Toronto.
Delivering symmetrical Internet access speeds up to 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) now, Bell FTTP is designed to deliver speeds of 40 Gbps and beyond. It also powers the latest advances in Fibe TV, Alt…
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OSHAWA, ON – Bell brought its all-fibre optic network to Oshawa on Tuesday as it continues to expand the network across the GTA/905 region surrounding Toronto and extending to the U.S. border.
The company said that its $100 million plus investment will connect the all-fibre optic network directly to approximately 60,000 homes and business locations, accelerating Oshawa's Smart City innovation.
"A city widely recognized for its innovative economic development initiatives, Oshawa understands the essential role advanced communications networks play in driving growth and innovation in urban centres that are evolving for the future," said BCE Inc. and Bell Canada president and CEO…
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TORONTO – MAVTV Motorsports Network announced today it is now available to all Shaw Direct Satellite TV customers.
Customers who subscribe to Shaw Direct with the Classic channel lineup can watch MAVTV on channel 120, while customers with the Advanced channel lineup can tune in on channel 620. MAVTV is currently available as a free preview for all Shaw Direct subscribers until September 30, 2018.
“This distribution agreement with Shaw is another major step forward for us to be able to deliver the very best in global and grass roots racing to motorsports fans here in Canada,” said Mike Garrow,…
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Wireless growth to remain strong, too
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE far fewer over-the-top video options in Canada as compared to the U.S., if Amazon, DAZN, and Netflix (not to mention the possibility of Apple, Facebook or Google entering the Canadian market in the way they have Stateside) are willing to spend big on programming, we may soon see them outbid the likes of Bell Media, Corus or Rogers for key programming, despite not having a traditional TV platform.
As well, even if Amazon, DAZN, or Netflix can’t win the best content from the Canadian companies, this dynamic can only benefit U.S. (and…
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TORONTO – The second season of hit drama The Handmaid’s Tale will headline Bravo’s nation-wide free preview that will kick off April 24.
The Bell Media-owned service said that other high profile premieres rolling out during the freeview include original Canadian crime drama series Carter, starring Jerry O’Connell, on May 15 at 8:00 PM ET, plus detective crime drama Hard Sun, which will make its exclusive Canadian series premiere on May 6.
Season two of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning The Handmaid’s Tale will debut with a two-episode premiere event on April 29 at 9:00 PM ET. Viewers wishing to catch…
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