CALGARY – When Shaw Communications completes the purchase of Canwest Global, the vertically integrated entity will be so large and influential that some safeguards have to be attached as new... Continue Reading
CALGARY – “Put yourself into my shoes,” CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein asked Shaw Cable’s executives.The chair made the plea during an exchange Monday morning at the Airport Four Points... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The big players in Canada’s wireless broadband space have told Industry Canada that it should avoid adopting the U.S. plan for the 2500 MHz band and instead opt... Continue Reading
TORONTO – While more and more Canadians opt for smart phones like BlackBerry’s, iPhones and Android-powered devices, increased competition in the market is going to hurt the incumbent wireless operators’... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Shaw Communications executives told the CRTC today that it has no plans to hoard all of its content when it gains control of Canwest Global – and that... Continue Reading
TORONTO – As the CRTC considers Shaw’s proposed purchase of Canwest Global's TV assets, one industry analyst specualted on the implications of content providers making their content proprietary.In a note to... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Former Telus and CCTA executive Janet Yale is the new executive commissioner and chief executive of Scouts Canada.After trying her hand in politics last summer, Yale assumes the new... Continue Reading
PART OF THE RATIONALE behind Bell Canada’s purchase of CTV is that the mobile and broadband spaces are unregulated – and that content exclusives will be part of the game... Continue Reading
CALGARY – When the CRTC dives into the proposed purchase of Canwest Global's TV assets by Shaw Communications next week, many industry stakeholders are asking for asking for safeguards and urging the Commission to be prudent.(Cartt.ca... Continue Reading
CANADIAN WIRELESS CUSTOMERS ARE hungry for a deal. According to brand new research, they are seeing the big ad campaigns and know they can shop around more than they ever... Continue Reading
