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Indications of an 'audacious' Bell-Astral decision, analyst says
News | | 06/14/2013 5:19 pm EDT
Could the CRTC really deny BCE-Astral again?
News | | 06/12/2013 5:55 pm EDT
HBO's Game of Thrones sets Canadian ratings record
Briefs | | 06/11/2013 2:52 pm EDT
BCE, Astral, extend deal's closing date
Briefs | | 05/31/2013 4:46 pm EDT
BCE launches wireless TV receiver
Briefs | | 05/27/2013 8:55 pm EDT
BCE says its non-sports rights fees rose less than inflation, or fell
News | | 05/22/2013 4:23 pm EDT
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
BCE agrees to possible condition to more quickly resolve carriage disputes
News | | 05/10/2013 1:31 pm EDT
BCE profits higher on wireless growth
Briefs | | 05/09/2013 5:57 pm EDT
Bell, Telus chipping away at Rogers’ lead in postpaid wireless
News | | 05/09/2013 4:49 pm EDT
BCE would take unfair share of national advertising, content rights deals: Quebecor
News | | 05/09/2013 1:38 pm EDT
Cogeco says its carriage fees with Bell Media rose 37% from previous agreement
News | | 05/08/2013 4:58 pm EDT
Greenberg requested meeting with Harper following Bell-Astral decision
News | | 05/08/2013 4:47 pm EDT
Rogers would look at buying TMN, urges CRTC to order Bell to divest the channel
News | | 05/07/2013 1:30 pm EDT
BCE stands by position on TSN Radio Montreal
Briefs | | 05/06/2013 4:57 pm EDT
BCE says Astral acquisition to provide more stability for broadcasting sector
News | | 05/06/2013 2:34 pm EDT
Bell allowed to shift CTVglobemedia benefits
Briefs | | 05/02/2013 4:48 pm EDT
Bell Aliant revenues rise on Internet, IPTV
Briefs | | 05/01/2013 5:10 pm EDT
Competitors using Bell-Astral hearing to push for better distribution rates, BCE says
News | | 04/17/2013 4:41 pm EDT
Independent distributors say Bell-Astral would receive 37% of their carriage fees
News | | 04/15/2013 10:34 pm EDT
Northwestel asks CRTC to revisit wholesale connect rates
Briefs | | 04/12/2013 4:51 pm EDT
PIAC, consumer groups, oppose Bell-Astral deal
Briefs | | 04/09/2013 3:47 pm EDT
Bell's competitors question Competition Bureau approval of Astral deal
News | | 04/08/2013 6:08 pm EDT
Accelero only foreign player in four bids for Wind: industry sources
News | | 03/28/2013 5:05 pm EDT
Bell challenges CBB rates for business services
Briefs | | 03/27/2013 9:53 am EDT
Cope's performance payout raised in 2012
Briefs | | 03/27/2013 9:46 am EDT
Bell Aliant approved for TV in Sault Ste. Marie
Briefs | | 03/21/2013 5:15 pm EDT
Let distributors experiment with online, on-demand TV, Bell tells CRTC
News | | 03/20/2013 5:48 pm EDT
Competition Bureau clears Corus acquisitions
Briefs | | 03/20/2013 4:25 pm EDT
Bell-Astral benefits producers, consumers, Riley says
Briefs | | 03/07/2013 5:53 pm EST
BCE buying 'mature' broadcast assets from Astral, companies tell CRTC
News | | 03/06/2013 4:06 pm EST
Bell asks for fewer licence requirements, less Cancon, for five specialty channels
News | | 03/05/2013 5:23 pm EST
Bell to divest 12 Astral channels under Competition Bureau deal
News | | 03/04/2013 6:54 pm EST
Telus wins Bell's court challenge of CRTC vertical integration ruling
News | | 02/27/2013 1:42 pm EST
Rogers says independent producers getting too much from terms of trade deal
News | | 02/27/2013 9:59 am EST
Bell takes aim at cablecos with discounts to wholesale Internet
News | | 02/26/2013 7:05 pm EST
CBC, Bell, top recipients of local TV funding in 2012
Briefs | | 02/22/2013 4:11 pm EST
BCE revenues rise on wireless, media; fibre footprint grows to 3.3M homes
News | | 02/07/2013 4:05 pm EST
Bell Aliant doubles wireline customers in 2012
Briefs | | 02/05/2013 5:11 pm EST
Bell offers unlimted Internet 'add-on' for triple-bundle subs
Briefs | | 01/28/2013 5:02 pm EST
CTV to live stream Super Bowl
Briefs | | 01/08/2013 5:51 pm EST
The economics of a fibre rollout: demographics, competition, aerial space, are key
News | | 01/07/2013 2:58 pm EST
CRTC order on NFL, NHL content violated Copyright Act: Bell
News | | 12/19/2012 2:40 pm EST
Bell boosts pension fund, on track for fiscal targets
Briefs | | 12/12/2012 4:58 pm EST
Former Bell executive Alain Gourd dies at 66
News | | 12/12/2012 4:56 pm EST
Bell adds NBA to mobile TV
Briefs | | 12/07/2012 4:20 pm EST
New Bell-Astral application to be public in new year, sources say
News | | 11/28/2012 11:06 am EST
TTC approves underground wireless contact
Briefs | | 11/23/2012 4:43 pm EST
Bell to carry V stations
Briefs | | 11/22/2012 4:59 pm EST
Leave fibre to the home free from wholesale access regs, Bell says
News | | 11/21/2012 5:42 pm EST
Bell appeals to public for support for reworked Astral deal
News | | 11/19/2012 6:34 pm EST
Bell, Astral close to new deal: report
Briefs | | 11/16/2012 5:07 pm EST
CRTC local loop decision good for competition, small ISPs: MTS
News | | 11/15/2012 4:33 pm EST
BCE says it understands CRTC's concerns about Astral deal
News | | 11/13/2012 4:33 pm EST
Bell moving MTV, laying off staff
Briefs | | 11/06/2012 4:17 pm EST
Denison joins BCE board
People | | 11/01/2012 4:42 pm EDT
Bell Aliant applies for exemption in local N.L. markets
Briefs | | 11/01/2012 4:39 pm EDT
BCE reports highest quarterly rise in IPTV subs
News | | 11/01/2012 12:36 pm EDT
Astral 'still committed' to deal with Bell, Greenberg says
News | | 10/31/2012 5:05 pm EDT
Bell ordered to provide rural rollout updates
Briefs | | 10/29/2012 4:48 pm EDT
Bell, TV workers settle on new collective agreement
Briefs | | 10/26/2012 4:06 pm EDT
CRTC did not follow some 'general rules' for Astral decision, experts say
News | | 10/23/2012 3:40 pm EDT
TbayTel to face tough competition from Bell in Thunder Bay, analyst says
News | | 10/22/2012 5:31 pm EDT
Bell says cabinet should intervene in CRTC Astral ruling; Paradis 'respects' decision
News | | 10/18/2012 8:33 pm EDT
Q9 acquisition completed
Briefs | | 10/17/2012 4:25 pm EDT
OTT, CRTC deregulation, putting upward pressure on content costs: Bell
News | | 10/01/2012 5:24 pm EDT
Court's satellite piracy decision raises questions about CRTC data collection: Experts
News | | 09/27/2012 5:19 pm EDT
CRTC expedites undue preference complaint
Briefs | | 09/25/2012 4:54 pm EDT
New provincial laws curbing copper thefts from telcos, companies say
News | | 09/24/2012 12:40 pm EDT
Regulators will not block Bell-Astral deal, industry sources predict
News | | 09/21/2012 3:44 pm EDT
Competition Bureau lawsuit challenges 'intermediary' roles online: CWTA
News | | 09/19/2012 5:17 pm EDT
Bell Aliant aims to pass 1M homes with fibre-to-the-home
News | | 09/19/2012 5:04 pm EDT
Bell Media appoints new VP
People | | 09/18/2012 4:47 pm EDT
Quebecor appeals civil damages against Bell; seeks over $150M more
News | | 09/17/2012 5:01 pm EDT
Dubé to co-anchor CTV News shows
People | | 09/17/2012 4:52 pm EDT
CBC ‘fiercely opposes’ Bell’s all-news channel proposal
News | | 09/14/2012 4:59 pm EDT
Competition Bureau suing Big Three over premium text messaging advertisements
News | | 09/14/2012 1:19 pm EDT
VMedia files undue preference complaint against Bell
Briefs | | 09/13/2012 4:40 pm EDT
Screens, not scale, key to competing with OTT providers, Rogers says
News | | 09/12/2012 7:03 pm EDT
Bell-Astral would have 'monstrous' share of French specialty revenues: Quebecor
News | | 09/11/2012 7:17 pm EDT
Astral purchase will bolster Canadian programming and infrastructure, Bell says
News | | 09/10/2012 8:29 pm EDT
Bell Aliant bringing fibre network to Gander
Briefs | | 09/06/2012 4:53 pm EDT
CRTC numbers point to careful examination of Bell-Astral deal, competitors say
News | | 09/05/2012 12:41 pm EDT
Bell, Quebecor scheduled for first day of Astral hearing
Briefs | | 09/04/2012 5:14 pm EDT
BCE appoints new Quebec VP of sales
People | | 08/31/2012 4:38 pm EDT
Consumer groups campaign against Bell-Astral deal
Briefs | | 08/28/2012 5:21 pm EDT
CRTC's approval of MLSE deal shows VI regs are working, Bell says
News | | 08/28/2012 5:10 pm EDT
CRTC clears MLSE deal, orders increased benefits to sports programming
News | | 08/16/2012 5:40 pm EDT
Distributors raise alarm over BCE-Astral interventions
Briefs | | 08/16/2012 5:39 pm EDT
Bell Aliant expands Atlantic fibre service
Briefs | | 08/15/2012 5:15 pm EDT
Bell says Astral deal will benefit Quebec
Briefs | | 08/15/2012 5:06 pm EDT
Rogers, Telus ask for 'safeguards' in Bell-Astral deal
News | | 08/13/2012 5:19 pm EDT
BCE profits rise on wireless, climbing TV subs
Briefs | | 08/08/2012 4:54 pm EDT
Bell competitors launch online campaign against Astral acquisition
News | | 08/07/2012 6:36 pm EDT
Bell Aliant continues fibre rollout in N.B.
Briefs | | 08/07/2012 5:25 pm EDT
Broadcasting Accessibility Fund approved
Briefs | | 08/07/2012 5:23 pm EDT
Competition Bureau investigating Bell Media carriage agreements: court documents
News | | 08/01/2012 1:21 pm EDT
NorthwesTel plan would kill competition, competitor says
Briefs | | 07/31/2012 4:14 pm EDT
Bell Aliant grows IPTV subs to 95,100
Briefs | | 07/25/2012 2:30 pm EDT
Critics focus on 'inter-corporate transfer' and telecom funding in BCE-Astral benefits package
News | | 07/25/2012 12:13 pm EDT
Bell loses satellite piracy lawsuit to Quebecor, must pay $600,000 in damages
News | | 07/24/2012 5:33 pm EDT
Quebecor says Bell seeks 'virtual monopoly' in Quebec
Briefs | | 07/24/2012 5:23 pm EDT
Bell to showcase Olympics on mobile TV with exclusive rights
News | | 07/23/2012 3:23 pm EDT
Bell, distributors, resolve carriage dispute; CRTC decision introduces more channel package flexibility
News | | 07/20/2012 4:51 pm EDT
Block Bell-Astral deal, Quebec consumer group says
Briefs | | 07/16/2012 4:59 pm EDT
With Astral, Bell to auction off 10 radio stations by Sept. 10 hearing
News | | 07/11/2012 8:50 am EDT
Bell, Rogers, propose changes to Cancon overspending rules
Briefs | | 07/06/2012 3:37 pm EDT
Bell-CIDG decision by July 18, CRTC says
Briefs | | 07/05/2012 11:18 am EDT
Telus-Bell spectrum sharing unfair, leads to larger, superior 700 MHz blocks: Rogers
News | | 07/03/2012 5:32 pm EDT
Bell, CBC, back away from joint Olympics bid
Briefs | | 06/25/2012 5:19 pm EDT
MLSE deal gives Bell, Rogers, unfair leverage to hike carriage rates, independents say
News | | 06/20/2012 5:33 pm EDT
TV app development a new opportunity for media companies: Report
News | | 06/20/2012 4:54 pm EDT
Wind targets business market with aim to become new national carrier
News | | 06/19/2012 4:24 pm EDT
BCE issues notes to support Astral acquisition
Briefs | | 06/14/2012 6:20 pm EDT
Tower siting regulations must change to alleviate local political pressure, builder says
News | | 06/13/2012 6:00 pm EDT
Companies, groups, to watch Blais in early days for indications of regulatory approach
News | | 06/11/2012 6:04 pm EDT
Telus to expand Optik footprint in eastern Quebec
News | | 06/11/2012 5:03 pm EDT
Revenues up, profits down at large broadcasters’ specialty channels
News | | 06/08/2012 4:25 pm EDT
Bell, Rogers to broadcast 5,500 hours of Olympic coverage
Briefs | | 06/07/2012 5:49 pm EDT
Conventional TV broadcasting too heavily regulated, Bell says
Briefs | | 06/06/2012 9:58 pm EDT
Telus, MTS so far met 30-60% of rural broadband obligations, Bell lagging, Katz says
News | | 06/05/2012 3:04 pm EDT
Bell, Outremont move beyond 'deplorable aesthetic,' agree to fibre rollout terms
News | | 05/23/2012 12:12 pm EDT
Bell has lost $2B on satellite TV distribution
News | | 04/04/2012 4:47 pm EDT
Bell to grab Astral's 17.6% Quebec specialty channel audience share
News | | 03/16/2012 5:14 pm EDT
Telus tops TV subscriber growth in 2011; Shaw, Rogers, lose subs
News | | 03/09/2012 1:24 pm EST
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