TORONTO – Catholic network Salt + Light is launching in high definition on June 4 after recently moving to its new broadcast centre and studio in Toronto.
Produced and operated by Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation, the channel offers programs, event coverage, documentaries and other hope-filled content of relevance to Catholic viewers in both English and French, as well as select Chinese and Italian language programming.
Telus, Bell and Tbaytel are among the BDUs offering Salt + Light HD.
“We are thrilled to finally have enough support to make this important change and deliver on our viewers’ expectations of quality programming,”…
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VANCOUVER – Telus will invest $4.7 billion in new communications infrastructure and technology across British Columbia through 2020, including $1.2 billion this year alone, the company said Wednesday.
Telus said that the funds will be used to extend its gigabit-enabled Telus PureFibre network directly to thousands more homes and businesses in rural and urban communities, further strengthen 4G LTE wireless service and continue development and testing on next-generation 5G wireless service through the 5G Living Lab in downtown Vancouver, plus support healthcare and education services with new technologies.
Just in time for Canada’s 150th birthday, Telus said that by year end…
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VANCOUVER – Telus employees around the world are pledging to donate one #MillionHours in volunteer time this year as part of the company’s annual Days of Giving campaign.
This year’s events include shoreline clean-ups on Vancouver's coastline, planting trees and community gardens in Calgary suburbs, serving patrons at food banks in the Greater Toronto Area, helping communities impacted by the recent flooding in Ottawa and Quebec, and beautifying community gathering spaces on the east coast.
"One of the hallmarks of Telus' award-winning culture is our team's extraordinary commitment to giving back with our hearts and our hands”, said president and CEO…
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Momentum building as company concentrates on connectivity
CALGARY – If you say “Yo, Adrian” to Shaw’s new Blue Sky TV voice-activated remote, every Rocky movie the system can find will be displayed on your TV – along with some suggestions of other titles you might like, alongside their Rotten Tomato scores.
It’s hard not to be impressed with such a neat trick, and it’s one which any Shaw Blue Sky TV customer can do in their homes, right now, thanks to the years and millions of hours of work done by thousands of Comcast Corp. developers. To this eye (or ear),…
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MONTREAL — BCE CEO George Cope described it as a “game-changing” offer in the television industry: a digital pay TV service without a set-top box, but Bell’s Alt TV offer seems to be the regular Fibe TV offer that’s less expensive and with fewer features designed to go after the cord-never market.
Available for now only to Bell Internet subscribers in Quebec and Ontario, Alt TV costs about 10% to 20% less than traditional TV, Cope said, with the basic service starting at $15 a month for 30 channels instead of $25. Additional channel packages are…
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VANCOUVER – Register now for CommTech West which this year will take place May 31 – June 1 at the Sheraton Airport Hotel in Vancouver.
Join colleagues and clients at the pre-show golf tournament on May 30 at the Quilchena Golf & Country Club. Information and registration is available here.
CommTech West 2017 will provide a diverse line up of more than 20 technical sessions and workshops plus over 80 exhibiting companies. Attendee registration includes full access to the trade show, all sessions, lunches, beverage breaks, and free parking.
Telus continues to lend their strong support to the West show as a platinum…
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VANCOUVER – Targeted promotions attracted more wireless customers for Telus, resulting in a 16.7% lift in first quarter profits, the company said Thursday.
For the period ended March 31, 2017, consolidated operating revenue increased 2.9% to $3.2 billion over the same period a year ago, reflecting higher revenue from data services and subscriber growth in both wireless and wireline operations, while earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased by 11% to $1.3 billion.
When excluding restructuring and other costs, adjusted EBITDA was up 6.4% to $1.3 billion, reflecting higher revenue growth, as well as ongoing execution of operational…
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TORONTO – Bell Media announced today that its authenticate streaming apps Space GO and Bravo GO now offer more programming to subscribers of its participating distribution partners.
Available on iOS and Android devices, as well as Space.ca and Bravo.ca, the Space GO and Bravo GO apps allows subscribers of Bell TV and Fibe, Bell Aliant, Rogers, Telus, and soon Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct, to watch hundreds of hours of premium content, offering full-season or multiple-stacked episodes, in addition to live streaming.
Non-subscribers can access a sampling of a selection of Space and Bravo programming.
“We are delighted to expand Bravo and…
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TORONTO – Telus will invest an additional $1.5 billion in new communications infrastructure and technology across Ontario through 2020, including $250 million this year alone, the company said Tuesday.
Telus said that the funds will be used to further enhance the speed, capacity and coverage of its wireless networks in the province, connect more businesses directly to its gigabit-enabled fibre network, and to enhance its healthcare solutions for Ontario healthcare providers and citizens.
Just in time for Canada’s 150th birthday, Telus said that by year end it will have invested more than $150 billion in operations and infrastructure across the country…
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VANCOUVER – Telus is asking its shareholders to turn down an unsolicited mini-tender offer made by TRC Capital Corporation.
The company said that TRC Capital is seeking to purchase up to 3 million Telus common shares, or approximately 0.51% of the company's outstanding common shares, at a price below market price for Telus shares.
“The offer represents a discount of 4.52% on the TSX closing price and 4.58% on the NYSE closing price for Telus common shares on May 2, 2017, the last trading day before the mini-tender offer was commenced”, reads the statement by Telus.
The statement added that TRC Capital…
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