MONTREAL — Broadcaster and music service provider Stingray today reported its revenues decreased 16% in the second quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, compared to the same quarter last year, primarily due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the company’s radio revenues.
For the three months ended September 30, 2020, Stingray’s revenues totalled $64.3 million, down from $76.6 million in the same period of last year. The company’s radio revenues decreased by 33.6% to $25.1 million, compared to $37.8 million a year ago.
Stingray’s broadcasting and commercial music segment (which includes its TV channels) saw revenues increase 1.1% to…
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Videotron, others, are skeptical of Bell’s commitments
By Denis Carmel
MONTREAL – On Friday, Bell Canada issued a news release announcing new measures to simplify the process for access to poles by recipients of the Québec Branché and Régions Branchées grant programs and other service providers.
This follows a process announced by the Government of Québec back in May 2020, along with the members of a working group that was tasked to accelerate the deployment of high-speed Internet in rural regions through a program financed by the Government of Québec.
“To address the many technical challenges associated with the deployment of fibre…
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Company adds 60,000 wireless subs in Q4
CALGARY – While so many industries and companies have suffered through the Covid-19 crisis, Canadian telecoms like Shaw Communications have proven resilient because people need connectivity. This pandemic has shown that like never before.
The company’s fiscal 2020 results released Friday were in line with pre-Covid guidance, including adjusted EBITDA growth of 3.7% and free cash flow of $747 million, and included an addition of 60,000 new wireless subscribers in the fourth quarter (which includes Freedom Mobile and newly launched Shaw Mobile), ended August 31st. Wireless service revenue grew 17.4% to approximately $815 million…
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WATERTOWN, N.Y. – WPBS-TV, the PBS station serving Northern New York and Eastern Ontario, announced today Janet Yale has joined its board of directors.
Most recently, Yale chaired the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review panel which resulted in the report Canada’s Communication Future: Time to Act. A lawyer by training, she served as president and CEO of the Arthritis Society, executive vice president at Telus, and president and CEO of the Canadian Cable Television Association.
“Janet’s true passion is in the not-for-profit sector where she has been recognized as a prominent innovator and leader. She is past chair of the Arthritis…
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VANCOUVER – Saying Canadians have collectively lost more than $60 million to fraud this year so far and almost 90% of them wish their internet was more secure, but only 18% report using tools to protect their identity online, Telus today expanded a few things to help out.
The company today announced Telus Online Security Powered by NortonLifeLock is now available throughout Canada. The service features online safety and privacy solutions from NortonLifeLock to help Canadians protect their identity, devices, and online privacy. Telus Online Security was previously available only to Telus Internet customers in B.C. and Alberta.
“Throughout the pandemic,…
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VANCOUVER — In partnership with mental fitness app developer Calm, Telus today launched the Telus Healthy Living Network on Optik TV and Pik TV to bring meditation and relaxation content directly into customers’ homes.
Calling it a global-first agreement, Telus says the collaboration with Calm will enable Telus to provide mental health resources to Canadians as they deal with the stresses brought on by life during the Covid-19 pandemic. The on-demand Calm content, which is free for all Optik TV and Pik TV subscribers, includes guided meditations, breathing exercises and Calm’s Sleep Stories, bedtime stories for grownups.
“At Telus, we know…
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VANCOUVER — Telus today said it’s accelerating its commitment to deliver smart city solutions to enable municipalities to leverage technology and data to enhance their residents’ health and safety, increase operational efficiencies and meet sustainability goals.
The company says it has already deployed technologies to enable smart city solutions in more than 65 municipalities across Canada, helping city officials to track infrastructure usage, save energy with intelligent lighting systems, improve traffic flow and decrease emergency response times.
“From intelligent traffic systems and connected street lights, to advanced artificial intelligence that provides insights to create smarter city planning, Telus Smart City solutions…
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GATINEAU — The CRTC has provided some relief to Iristel as it continues to consider a review and vary (R&V) application submitted by the independent telecom service provider regarding the Commission’s recent decision which found Iristel guilty of traffic stimulation to the 867 area code.
In its August 14 decision (which we reported on here), the Commission ordered Iristel to reduce its long-distance interexchange (IX) termination rate for calls to the 867 numbering plan area (NPA) in northern Canada from $0.038 per minute to $0.0098125. The new rate was to apply on an interim basis, and was to become…
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MARKHAM, Ont. — The Canadian Telecom Summit today provided more details about who’s participating in the “5G Eco-system” panel discussion happening November 18 as part of this year’s virtual edition of the annual summit.
With the full title “The 5G Eco-System: Enabling Value and Developing Revenue Streams”, the panel discussion will be moderated by Eric Smith, senior vice-president of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA).
Scheduled to take place from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 18, the panel participants include:
Kevin Riley, chief technology officer and executive vice-president of advanced research and development at Ribbon Communications
Milan…
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By Len Katz
THE WORDS IN THAT headline came from a senior executive at a wireless conference almost a decade ago as he commented on the Joint Network and Spectrum Sharing Agreement that saw Bell Canada and Telus carve up the build-out of one national wireless high speed digital network to compete with Rogers. Telus trumpeted the agreement saying it allowed for an accelerated buildout.
It also resulted in one less national infrastructure network in Canada. So did the benefit outweigh the cost?
ISED (then Industry Canada) repeatedly approved the applications to extend the Sharing Agreements during subsequent spectrum auctions Continue Reading
