DENVER and TORONTO – Just in time for spring, World Fishing Network will be available on a free preview to cable, satellite and telco subscribers in North America for the month of April and into early May.
Dedicated to the angling lifestyle, the network’s programming includes instruction, tips, travel, tournaments, cooking, boating and outdoor recreation with some of the most recognized personalities in the angling community. Starting April 4, World Fishing Network will begin airing 21 new and returning shows with new episodes, including original productions JP DeRose Breaking Boundaries, Bill Boyce’s Cali and Hookin’ Up with Mariko Izumi, along…
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OTTAWA – Canadians’ complaints over their telecom and Internet services continue to fall, but breaches of the country’s Wireless Code of Conduct are on the rise now that more Canadians fall under it, says the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS).
In its first ever mid-year report released Thursday, the CCTS said it accepted 5,468 complaints between August 1, 2014 and January 31, 2015, down 8.5% from the same period a year earlier. Last year’s annual report showed a 17% year-over-year drop in complaints.
The report says that billing errors continue to be the most commonly raised issue…
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VANCOUVER – Telus is offering $1.75 billion in new debt notes to help pay off the more than $1 billion that it spent earlier this month on AWS-3 spectrum licences.
The company said that the senior unsecured notes will be offered in three series, the first with a 3-year maturity, the second with a 7-year maturity and the third with a long 30-year maturity.
The 1.50% three-year Notes, Series CS, were priced at $99.962 per $100 principal amount for an effective yield of 1.513% per annum and will mature on March 27, 2018. The 2.35% seven-year Notes, Series CT, were…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s publicly traded television service providers combined lost a record 65,000 TV subscribers in their respective 2014 fiscal years (November 30/December 31, 2013 to November 30/December 31, 2014), up sharply from just a few hundred lost in their 2013 fiscal years, according to a new report released today
New research from Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services also shows that the publicly traded TV service providers lost 21,380 TV subscribers combined in their 2014 fiscal fourth quarters, almost double the 11,323 lost in the same periods in 2013.
“The trend continues to show the…
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TORONTO – Telus is once again teaming up with The Globe and Mail on a contest aimed at shining a spotlight on Canada's brightest entrepreneurs and the challenges they face.
The fifth annual Small Business Challenge wants to hear from Canadian small business owners for the opportunity to win a $100,000 grand prize from Telus. From now until June 1, small businesses are invited to submit their biggest business challenge and explain how they would use $100,000 to help them overcome it. Five shortlisted semi-finalists will pitch to a panel of successful entrepreneurs and small business experts in Toronto…
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GATINEAU – There are always some interesting figures which emerge with the publishing of the annual aggregate returns of the large carriers and broadcasters by the CRTC.
Below are a few highlights from the data filed by Canada’s cable, satellite and IPTV companies (we’ll look at the conventional TV, pay and specialty and radio numbers later) for the broadcast year ended August 31, 2014.
Of the subscriber losses suffered by the large, established TV carriers (cable and satellite brands Rogers Cable, Shaw Cable, Shaw Direct, Videotron, Bell Satellite TV, Cogeco Cable and Eastlink) almost all went to…
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TORONTO – Alek Krstajic has been named the new CEO of Wind Mobile, and founder Anthony Lacavera is stepping away from the company’s day-to-day operations to take on the role of honorary chairman, the company announced Monday.
Krstajic replaces former CEO Pietro Cordova who “has transitioned away” to rejoin the Vimpelcom group, according to the announcement. No stranger to the Canadian wireless industry, Krstajic was founder and CEO of fellow new wireless entrant Public Mobile, bought by Telus in 2013, plus was previously president of Bell Mobility and SVP at Rogers Cable.
"We are very happy to welcome Alek as…
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OTTAWA – While some have yet to react and others have decried the CRTC’s decisions today on the carriage portion of the Commission’s TV Policy Review, the overall reaction has ranged from generally positive to indifferent. Bell Canada and Quebecor Media have chosen not to respond as yet.
Shaw Communications president and CEO Brad Shaw:
“We support the Government’s direction and the Commission’s commitment to maximize choice for Canadians – as citizens, producers, and consumers. We are pleased that the Commission has built on the foundation of previous Talk TV decisions to support a bold yet balanced and orderly policy framework…
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MONTREAL – Telus Health said Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of Medesync, a certified electronic medical records (EMR) product, which will bring a web-based interface to Telus' EMR portfolio in Quebec. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Medesync uses the latest cloud-based and mobile technologies to bring physicians anywhere, anytime, access to EMRs from any computer or mobile device. Its EMR technology includes tools for managing and accessing all aspects of a clinic's operations, including scheduling, clinical encounters, prescribing, billing and electronic lab results. Additionally, it provides reporting capabilities and dashboards to assist medical professionals and…
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TORONTO – Bell Media’s CraveTV subscription video on-demand streaming service is now available to more TV subscribers in Ontario after Bell signed up four more distributors in the province for the service.
The four new CraveTV distributors are Hay Communications, with customers in Zurich, Grand Bend, and Exeter; Mitchell Seaforth Cable TV, serving communities throughout Huron and Perth County; Huron County-based Tuckersmith Communications; and Wightman Telecom in Clifford, ON. These new distribution partners join the list of providers that also includes Bell Fibe TV, Bell Satellite TV, and Bell Aliant FibreOp TV, Telus Optik TV, Eastlink, Northwestel, Nexicom, Access Communications,…
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