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Union fears diminished role for TV5 in Montreal if operations move to Paris

The federal and Quebec governments negotiating a future for TV5 Quebec that a labour union worries will result in job cuts at the Montreal office of the international channel and decreased visibility of French-Canadian programming around the world.

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Dish dealers fight for return of CBC on C-band

Satellite dish dealers are trying to line up political support in their battle return CBC television to about one million Canadians who had been watching the public broadcaster via C-band. A Waterloo ON company says it has collected about 1000 names on a petition which is being sent to MPs in Ottawa.

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“Reverse grey market” growing in U.S. and Mexico for Canadian DTH services

The grey market battle has taken on an ironic new twist with revelations that at least two American companies are openly selling Canadian DTH systems to people in the U.S., Mexico and parts further south.

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The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Decima Reports.

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Providing last mile first priority for carrier

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Teleglobe has made two senior appointments. Robert Callahan has been named CIO of the carrier. He held the same position at 2nd Century Communications and worked as VP telecom strategy for the Sema Group. Michael Burke is the new senior VP U.S. sales. He is a veteran of Equant, Network Systems Inc, Sprint and Nortel Networks.

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Montreal gets new area code, Toronto still has 416 numbers
The Montreal region is receiving a new area code that will be overlaid on the current 514 NPA. The 438 code will come into effect on June 7, 2003. Down the road in Toronto, Bell Canada reports it will not have to start issuing phone numbers for the new 647 area code for another month or two.

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Dial-up and high-speed Internet entering mainstream for Canadians : Decima poll

More Canadians now have access to the Internet at home than work, according to preliminary results of a nation-wide survey done for Decima Publishing Inc by its affiliate Decima Research Inc. The January poll of 2007 Canadians found all but 580 have access to a PC at either work or home. Of those with a computer, 82.4 per cent reported having Internet access at home, compared to 77.8 per cent at work.

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CNIB desire for N11 mandate is short-sighted, critics allege

An Ottawa businesswoman says if the CRTC wants to ensure blind Canadians have access to competitive services, it should turn down a request by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind for its own N11 code. Sharlyn Ayotte, president/CEO of Ottawa’s T-Base Communications Inc, says the CNIB should stick to its traditional role of providing rehabilitation services instead seeking a monopoly on telephonic assistance.

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Vidéotron appeals CRTC Internet decision

Vidéotron ltée wants the CRTC to reverse an earlier ruling that requires it to wait 90 days before attempting to lure back high-speed Internet customers who switch to a competitor.

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