ATLANTIC CANADA – Telecommunications service providers are working hard to restore service to parts of Atlantic Canada impacted by Hurricane Fiona over the weekend.
“While service has begun to restore for some of our customers in Atlantic Canada, there are many who remain impacted by this weekend’s hurricane,” Eastlink posted on Twitter yesterday afternoon. “Continued power outages as well as downed trees, poles and lines may still be impacting your service. Our crews are working hard to gain safe access to affected sites so that we can get you back up and running.”
Rogers also tweeted yesterday to say…
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TORONTO — Mediapro Canada announced today OneSoccer will show live, exclusive coverage in Canada of the three international friendly matches Canada Soccer’s men’s national team (CanMNT) will play this fall in the lead-up to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
CanMNT will face FIFA World Cup host team and current Asian champion Qatar this Friday, Sept. 23 at the Generali Arena in Vienna, Austria, at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.
On Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT, the Canadian men will play 2018 World Cup quarter-finalist Uruguay at the Tehelné pole Stadium in Bratislava, Slovakia.
CanMNT’s third international friendly…
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TORONTO — Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN), Canada’s largest South Asian broadcaster, announced today it has acquired the Canadian distribution rights for two more TV channels from Sony Pictures Networks India — Sony YAY! and Sony PAL.
Targeted at children aged 2-14, Sony YAY! is “India’s go-to kids channel for non-stop Kids entertainment,” reads an ATN press release.
Sony YAY! “is here to set new standards and benchmarks in kids’ entertainment genre with its unique, fresh and relatable content,” the release adds.
The general entertainment channel Sony PAL showcases stories and characters that form “an instant bond” with viewers, according to…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s major telecommunications providers have agreed on an initial five-year term to allow customers to roam on each others’ networks on an emergency basis in the event of a major network outage to ensure Canadians are not left out of essential services, such as 911 access, according to a formal agreement announced Wednesday by the Minister of Innovation.
The companies, including Bell, Rogers, Telus, and Shaw, have also committed to assisting each other in such an event and also “to providing clear and timely communications to keep Canadians and appropriate authorities informed about response and restoration during major…
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Telus receiving $9.8M to connect 1,600 rural B.C. homes
OTTAWA — The governments of Canada and British Columbia are jointly providing almost $1.9 million in funding for two projects by Prince Rupert-based CityWest to bring high-speed Internet access to 663 households on Keats Island and in New Brighton on Gambier Island, both located northwest of Vancouver.
The announcement was made today by the federal government, which explained these two projects are part of a larger $108-million federal-provincial funding commitment announced in May 2022, which in turn is part of a $830-million partnership between the two levels…
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THE BIGGEST STICKING point for the proposed merger of Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications continues to be Shaw’s wireless assets.
As Cartt.ca previously reported, this is even after the companies came to a definitive agreement with Quebecor for the sale of Shaw’s Freedom Mobile. (The agreement is contingent on the Rogers/Shaw merger closing and on necessary approvals.)
Both the federal government and the Competition Bureau have been clear they have concerns about competition in Canada’s wireless market and about the impact Rogers’ acquisition of Shaw could have on it.
Industry minister François-Philippe Champagne issued a statement back in March…
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Asks for Telus’ application to amend its general tariff to include the new charge be suspended
OTTAWA – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and National Pensioners Federation (NPF) are asking the CRTC to launch a consultation on the implementation of credit card surcharges by Canadian telecoms and broadcasting distribution undertakings.
In a letter submitted today to the CRTC, obtained by Cartt.ca, the two consumer advocacy groups point out surcharging “soon will become possible as a result of a 20 year legal saga”, and, referring to an application to amend its general tariff to implement such a charge that was…
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OTTAWA – Earlier this month, the CRTC asked Rogers for more information about its July nationwide outage, according to a letter posted on the CRTC’s website last night.
The letter, sent to Rogers on Aug. 5, asks the telecom to submit answers to a second series of questions about the outage. The request was made after Rogers filed a report on July 22 responding to a list of initial questions from the CRTC.
In the second list of questions, which is partially redacted as it refers to some information Rogers filed in confidence, the CRTC asks Rogers to “quantify…
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TORONTO – Mediapro Canada announced today its crews will produce live coverage of the inaugural League1 Canada Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship, with English and French-language commentary, for global broadcast.
The championship is “an innovative new cup tournament launched by Canadian Soccer Business and featuring four teams from League1 BC, League1 Ontario and the Première ligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ),” a press release explains.
The tournament is being held at Le Complex Sportive Bois-de-Boulogne in Laval, Québec starting with Alliance United of League1 Ontario playing against AS Laval of the PLSQ on Friday, Aug. 12 at 4 p.m. ET.
The broadcast will be…
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WITH CANADIAN SERVICE providers finally deploying their 3500 MHz spectrum, a new era of 5G is among us – the era of 5G+.
“This next evolution of the rollout is the one that really starts to unlock… super high speeds, home Internet in rural markets and then true business applications, so it’s really exciting,” said Jim Senko (above), Telus president of mobility solutions, in an interview with Cartt.ca.
Currently, 78% of the Canadian population has access to Telus 5G – a number that is expected to reach 80% by the end of the year.
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