Last story uploaded 05/17/2013 | 5:11 pm
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- Covering Canadian Telecom, Broadcasting and Digital Media
700 MHz
700 MHz auction rules mean some new entrants not expected to bid
News | | 05/15/2013 5:31 pm EDT
Canadian wireless prices 'middle average,' Paradis says
Briefs | | 05/07/2013 4:17 pm EDT
Industry Canada never intended incumbents to get set aside spectrum: Paradis
News | | 04/15/2013 10:51 am EDT
CBC
CBC's NHL program draws higher audiences as shortened season means lower revenues
News | | 05/14/2013 5:29 pm EDT
Tories would have veto power over CBC management hires under Bill C-60, union says
News | | 05/13/2013 4:17 pm EDT
CBC voices Bill C-60 concerns
Briefs | | 05/02/2013 5:34 pm EDT
radio
Newcap gets Clarenville FM licence
Briefs | | 05/10/2013 4:38 pm EDT
CRTC consulting on radio licence renewals
Briefs | | 05/08/2013 8:14 pm EDT
BCE stands by position on TSN Radio Montreal
Briefs | | 05/06/2013 4:57 pm EDT
television
Cogeco says its carriage fees with Bell Media rose 37% from previous agreement
News | | 05/08/2013 4:58 pm EDT
Sun News open to 'news neighbourhoods,' threatens to fold if carriage problems persist
News | | 05/02/2013 12:33 pm EDT
Analysis: They are all 'exceptional' channels. Well, not quite
News | | 04/24/2013 6:47 pm EDT
BCE
Rogers also in talks to purchase Wind; BCE for Public Mobile
News | | 05/17/2013 5:11 pm EDT
Safeguards not enough to limit Bell-Astral market power, competitors say
News | | 05/16/2013 5:36 pm EDT
BCE says CRTC's possible condition for arbitration not necessary
News | | 05/14/2013 4:55 pm EDT
Rogers
Rogers also in talks to purchase Wind; BCE for Public Mobile
News | | 05/17/2013 5:11 pm EDT
Safeguards not enough to limit Bell-Astral market power, competitors say
News | | 05/16/2013 5:36 pm EDT
Bell, Telus chipping away at Rogers’ lead in postpaid wireless
News | | 05/09/2013 4:49 pm EDT
Telus
Consumer groups urge Paradis to block Telus-Mobilicity
Briefs | | 05/17/2013 4:33 pm EDT
Telus informed government in advance of $380m deal for Mobilicity
News | | 05/16/2013 11:12 am EDT
Mobilicity a 'nice to have,' not 'need to have:' Entwistle
Briefs | | 05/10/2013 4:17 pm EDT
Google launches music service in U.S.
Briefs | | 05/15/2013 5:51 pm EDT
Canadian firms join subscription YouTube channel
Briefs | | 05/10/2013 4:35 pm EDT
YouTube to launch subcription channels this week: report
Briefs | | 05/06/2013 5:31 pm EDT
Apple
U.S. tech companies launch site for patent reform
Briefs | | 11/15/2012 3:48 pm EST
Apple settles all patent disputes with HTC
Briefs | | 11/12/2012 4:44 pm EST
Microsoft says competitors' tablets not as compelling as Surface
News | | 11/08/2012 4:07 pm EST
Globalive
Rogers also in talks to purchase Wind; BCE for Public Mobile
News | | 05/17/2013 5:11 pm EDT
VimpelCom says it could hold on to Wind
Briefs | | 05/17/2013 4:52 pm EDT
Wind passes 600,000 subscriber mark
Briefs | | 05/15/2013 6:11 pm EDT
Shaw
Shaw, Corus approved for digital transmitters
Briefs | | 05/10/2013 4:39 pm EDT
'We loved Charles at Shaw'
News | | 04/30/2013 5:09 pm EDT
Don't expect ruling on option deal until 2014: Engelhart
Briefs | | 04/23/2013 8:36 pm EDT
Quebecor
BCE would take unfair share of national advertising, content rights deals: Quebecor
News | | 05/09/2013 1:38 pm EDT
Videotron says wireless division passes 'break-even point'
Briefs | | 05/08/2013 8:24 pm EDT
Sun News open to 'news neighbourhoods,' threatens to fold if carriage problems persist
News | | 05/02/2013 12:33 pm EDT
copyright
Copyright Board, Federal Court, reviewing C-11 'making available right'
News | | 03/22/2013 2:47 pm EDT
Canipre aims for 'speculative invoicing' in Canada: Report
Briefs | | 03/12/2013 4:09 pm EDT
Paradis mum on 'ACTA' bill
Briefs | | 03/06/2013 5:00 pm EST
CRTC
Safeguards not enough to limit Bell-Astral market power, competitors say
News | | 05/16/2013 5:36 pm EDT
CRTC deregulates areas in Quebec, Ontario
Briefs | | 05/13/2013 4:49 pm EDT
Greenberg requested meeting with Harper following Bell-Astral decision
News | | 05/08/2013 4:47 pm EDT
MTS
MTS' revenues fall on legacy businesses
Briefs | | 05/08/2013 8:41 pm EDT
MTS to spend $40m on 2013 upgrades, expansion
Briefs | | 05/08/2013 8:27 pm EDT
MTS to expand fibre to Stonewall
Briefs | | 04/25/2013 4:54 pm EDT
OTT
Hastings says Netflix pushing competitive responses
Briefs | | 05/15/2013 9:29 am EDT
Rogers' Anyplace TV available on smart TV
Briefs | | 04/19/2013 3:55 pm EDT
HBO Go may become standalone OTT service: Pepler
Briefs | | 03/22/2013 2:46 pm EDT
Eastlink
Bragg to further build network over summer, plans more aggressive marketing
News | | 05/09/2013 11:39 am EDT
Eastlink to launch wireless service Friday
Briefs | | 02/13/2013 5:49 pm EST
Bragg's entry into wireless means bundled competition for incumbents
News | | 11/27/2012 4:29 pm EST
BlackBerry
Q10 sells out in first week
Briefs | | 05/03/2013 3:57 pm EDT
Heins expects 'tens of millions' of Q10 sales
Briefs | | 04/30/2013 5:20 pm EDT
Canadian Tire orders 3,000 BB10 devices
Briefs | | 04/19/2013 3:49 pm EDT
Mobilicity
Telus informed government in advance of $380m deal for Mobilicity
News | | 05/16/2013 11:12 am EDT
Mobilicity a 'nice to have,' not 'need to have:' Entwistle
Briefs | | 05/10/2013 4:17 pm EDT
Glassman considers operating fourth wireless carrier
Briefs | | 05/02/2013 5:13 pm EDT
sports content
CBC's NHL program draws higher audiences as shortened season means lower revenues
News | | 05/14/2013 5:29 pm EDT
TVA to air CBC Olympic programming
Briefs | | 05/03/2013 3:09 pm EDT
The Score, FIBA reach coverage deal
Briefs | | 05/03/2013 3:07 pm EDT
conventional television
BCE says Astral acquisition to provide more stability for broadcasting sector
News | | 05/06/2013 2:34 pm EDT
Canadians still tuning in to traditional TV, MTM report says
News | | 01/29/2013 6:05 pm EST
Shaw to spend $1M to promote free satellite TV program
Briefs | | 11/30/2012 10:12 am EST
Cogeco
Safeguards not enough to limit Bell-Astral market power, competitors say
News | | 05/16/2013 5:36 pm EDT
Gestion Audem sells subordinate voting shares in Cogeco
Briefs | | 05/13/2013 5:11 pm EDT
Cogeco says its carriage fees with Bell Media rose 37% from previous agreement
News | | 05/08/2013 4:58 pm EDT
digital transition
Nearly 100 communities get TVO towers
Briefs | | 03/20/2013 5:50 pm EDT
U.K. completes digital transition
Briefs | | 10/24/2012 4:29 pm EDT
CRTC approves multiplexing request
Briefs | | 08/17/2012 4:24 pm EDT
Corus
Shaw, Corus approved for digital transmitters
Briefs | | 05/10/2013 4:39 pm EDT
Competition Bureau clears Corus acquisitions
Briefs | | 03/20/2013 4:25 pm EDT
Corus defends OWN as educational channel
News | | 12/11/2012 3:16 pm EST
Astral
Safeguards not enough to limit Bell-Astral market power, competitors say
News | | 05/16/2013 5:36 pm EDT
BCE says CRTC's possible condition for arbitration not necessary
News | | 05/14/2013 4:55 pm EDT
BCE agrees to possible condition to more quickly resolve carriage disputes
News | | 05/10/2013 1:31 pm EDT
fibre optics
Telus rolling out FTTH in Rimouski
Briefs | | 05/08/2013 8:32 pm EDT
Bell Aliant approved for TV in Sault Ste. Marie
Briefs | | 03/21/2013 5:15 pm EDT
The economics of a fibre rollout: demographics, competition, aerial space, are key
News | | 01/07/2013 2:58 pm EST
LTE
Telus expands LTE in New Brunswick and Ontario
Briefs | | 05/13/2013 5:02 pm EDT
SaskTel offers Canada-wide LTE coverage
Briefs | | 04/12/2013 5:03 pm EDT
Telus expands LTE to Saint John
Briefs | | 03/12/2013 4:55 pm EDT
WIPO
WIPO Broadcasting Treaty document proposes webcasting alternative
News | | 10/02/2012 3:24 pm EDT
WiFi
WiFi offloading growing faster than expected: Sandvine
Briefs | | 05/16/2013 8:06 pm EDT
FCC to release more spectrum for WiFi
Briefs | | 01/11/2013 5:22 pm EST
New WiGig technology to revolutionize wireless in the home, tech experts say
News | | 10/24/2012 5:18 pm EDT
Facebook won’t make smartphones: Zuckerberg
Briefs | | 07/27/2012 4:06 pm EDT
Competition Bureau
Competition Bureau supports regs for shorter wireless contracts, free device unlocking
News | | 02/07/2013 6:18 pm EST
Competition Bureau lawsuit challenges 'intermediary' roles online: CWTA
News | | 09/19/2012 5:17 pm EDT
Rogers says judge can ‘light a match’ to Competition Bureau case
News | | 08/09/2012 6:57 pm EDT
SaskTel
SaskTel completes wireless upgrades
Briefs | | 04/19/2013 3:47 pm EDT
SaskTel expands LTE
Briefs | | 03/11/2013 6:09 pm EDT
SaskTel turns on LTE, announces capex plans
Briefs | | 01/31/2013 5:15 pm EST
Public Mobile
Public Mobile to release ‘unlimited’ music service
Briefs | | 08/14/2012 4:44 pm EDT
Netflix
Hastings says Netflix pushing competitive responses
Briefs | | 05/15/2013 9:29 am EDT
Netflix will exceed 3m Canadian subs this year, producer predicts
Briefs | | 05/10/2013 4:36 pm EDT
Canada unaffected as Netflix drops titles in U.S.
Briefs | | 05/02/2013 5:12 pm EDT
Microsoft
U.S. tech companies launch site for patent reform
Briefs | | 11/15/2012 3:48 pm EST
Microsoft says competitors' tablets not as compelling as Surface
News | | 11/08/2012 4:07 pm EST
Microsoft launches Windows 8 Surface as Apple unveils mini tab
Briefs | | 10/26/2012 10:26 am EDT
Samsung
Samsung developing '5G' mobile technology
Briefs | | 05/13/2013 4:52 pm EDT
Samsung releases work-play smartphone feature
Briefs | | 02/25/2013 8:11 pm EST
Samsung gains tablet market share on Apple
Briefs | | 11/06/2012 4:14 pm EST
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Samsung
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conventional television
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Cogeco
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digital transition
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Corus
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Astral
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fibre optics
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LTE
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WIPO
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WiFi
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Facebook
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Competition Bureau
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SaskTel
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Public Mobile
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Netflix
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Microsoft
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sports content
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Mobilicity
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BlackBerry
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Eastlink
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OTT
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MTS
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CRTC
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Apple
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700 MHz
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BCE
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Quebecor
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copyright
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Shaw
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Google
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Globalive
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CBC
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Rogers
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Telus