OTTAWA – Claiming he has a duty to protect the public from new texting fees (!), Industry Minister Jim Prentice has called the CEOs of Bell and Telus to his... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Globalive Communications Corp., the Yak-led consortium, which had boasted of becoming Canada’s fourth national carrier, appears to have a gaping hole in the province of Quebec as bidding... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Will we have smart Internet networks, or big fat dumb pipes? If net neutrality proponents win the debate, we’ll wind up with big fat dumb pipes that’ll be... Continue Reading
CTS 2008: A new way to do TV shows? By Greg O’Brien TORONTO – If he’d known then what he knows now, the mega-popular TV franchise Canadian Idol might have... Continue Reading
BANFF – Government policy for real new media, including social networks, should not focus on culture, but instead on industrial development, Telus recommends in a white paper on new media... Continue Reading
BANFF – Former CHUM president and CEO Jay Switzer and former Standard Broadcasting president and CEO Gary Slaight are among a group of Canadian broadcast executives who have invested $5... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Despite an auspicious beginning, the Advanced Wireless Spectrum auction that began this week still has the ingredients for “both a robust auction process and a more competitive marketplace... Continue Reading
AS THE ADVANCED wireless spectrum auction gets under way today, there are a couple of things that are clear. First, Canadian consumers will see several new wireless operators (one or... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The charity event "Together for China - Earthquake Relief Telethon" brought to Chinese Canadians nationally on Friday by TV channels Fairchild and Talentvision, raised a phenomenal $2,286,300 across... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – David Golden (Canada’s first satellite CEO), Carol Stephenson (Master of Telecom Mediation and Advocacy), David S. Simmonds and sons (two generations of radio leaders), Jim Balsillie, and Mike Lazaridis... Continue Reading
