TORONTO – CTV has, predictably, refuted the allegations made by Rogers and other BDUs regarding its ‘Save Local TV’ public advocacy campaign.
In a statement sent late on Friday afternoon, the network said it has remained in “full compliance” with both the Broadcasting Act and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Code of Ethics, and called the complaint by the BDUs an “underhanded move by cable and satellite companies” and “an abuse of process designed to suppress freedom of speech and mislead the public”.
"The fact that the first we’re hearing about this is through a Rogers’ press release and still…
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TORONTO – Telus has been granted the exclusive Canadian license to host and operate Microsoft’s HealthVault platform for the development of a consumer-focused e-health service in Canada.
The service, to be called Telus Health Space, powered by Microsoft HealthVault, will allow Canadians to manage and store their personal health information and have access to applications like their personal health record, chronic disease management, pediatric care and wellness products.
"What was once thought impossible is now a reality,” said Francois Cote, president of Telus Health Solutions, in the announcement. “Canadians have been demanding the ability to manage their health electronically and soon…
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SAN JOSE, CA – Former Telus executive Aamir Hussain has been named Chief Technology Officer of Covad Communications, an American national provider of integrated voice and data communications.
Hussain brings more than 20 years of professional experience, most recently as Telus’ vice president of national planning, engineering and capital management, and will lead Covad’s combined broadband technology and network services team, effectively immediately.
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GATINEAU – Final replies by broadcasters to the many, many, many things which were uttered over two-and-a-half weeks of the conventional TV license renewal hearing were due into the Commission Wednesday and to no one’s surprise, no minds have been changed.
We’ve been told by two sources with knowledge of the timing that the Commission will issue a decision on its 1:1 idea on Friday (tomorrow) – just as Canada’s broadcasters are headed to Los Angeles to buy American programming for next fall’s TV schedule.
One of the key “broader policy” questions the Regulator put to the industry was…
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KELOWNA – “We broke all our records,” says Canadian CommTech Show and Seminars organizer Jan Lee in describing the number of attendees at this year’s gathering.
She told Cartt.ca, which is also the event’s media sponsor, that the annual event drew delegates – not including exhibitors – from 68 separate companies (up from 52 last year). The delegates were treated to a dozen seminars Wednesday and can take advantage of eight more Thursday.
On the trade show floor there are approximately 90 exhibits and while the final count isn’t in yet, the total number of industry folks here are…
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KELOWNA – Be it PON, HFC or xDSL, transmitting video using IP protocols will eventually be the way everyone does it.
But for right now, PON and HFC are doing it the traditional way (easy, cheaper), distributing virtually all the content, all the time across its thick pipes, to customer TVs, phones and PCs. Most traditional telcos however, have opted for DSL technology to force video and other bandwidth-intensive services through its far thinner pipelines. Bell Canada, Telus, MTS, SaskTel and Bell Aliant have all experimented with various forms of DSL over the past decade or so and collectively…
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VANCOUVER – Telus Corporation reported a slim 1% growth in revenue for its first quarter, and lowered its full-year guidance accordingly.
Revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, was $2.375 billion, an increase of $25 million, led by a 3% growth in wireless revenue and a 6% growth in wireline data revenue, which the company said more than offset its on-going declines in local and long distance wireline revenues.
The Burnaby, BC based telecom company lowered its 2009 guidance to “reflect the worsening Canadian economy since (December 2008), weaker than expected wireless results at Telus and the industry in…
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VANCOUVER – In an effort to bring a stronger fourth leg to its connectivity bundle (wireline phone, Internet, wireless and digital TV), Telus today announced it will add satellite television this year.
The company has signed a partnership agreement with Bell Canada – and the two have already been working together on the project since the beginning of 2009, Telus CEO Darren Entwistle told a press conference after the company’s annual general meeting today in Ottawa.
On the wireline digital TV side, the western-based telco said today it surpassed 100,000 subscribers in April, which are spread across its territories…
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OTTAWA – After similar announcements made in B.C. and Alberta, Telus has announced plans to invest more than $300 million on its advanced wireless and wireline broadband infrastructure in Ontario. The company said that work is underway to build out its next generation wireless network using high speed packet access technology, and it expects to launch the new network in the province and nationally by early 2010.
Its broadband wireline investment is geared to supporting new business contracts in Ontario, enabling more organizations to access leading edge connectivity, and collaboration and network services that can improve the efficiency…
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OTTAWA – MTS Allstream is asking the federal government to reject proposals from Bell Canada and Telus that it says would “stifle broadband internet competition”.
The company issued a statement Monday in response to petitions by Bell Canada and Telus, claiming its telecom brethren are asking “for latitude to raise prices, reduce competition, and control the content that users are able to access”.
“Adopting the ideas tabled by Bell and Telus would entrench them as the gatekeepers for customer choice in telecom services,” said MTS Allstream CCO Chris Peirce, in the statement. “Bringing choice and competition to the market for…
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