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Shaw adds more HD

Shaw Communications has added Speed HD and NASCAR Hotpass to its digital television line-up. All Shaw HD customers will receive a free preview of Speed HD until June 1, with the Hotpass preview scheduled for its launch date February 17 for the running of the Daytona 500. Hotpass will be available on four standard definition channels, with many of the races also being delivered in HD. "We are committed to providing our customers with the best sports programming available," said Peter Bissonnette, president of Shaw. "We are pleased to add SPEED to our expanding HD line-up and we are confident NASCAR Hotpass will heighten the race viewing experience for all our digital subscribers." Following its preview day, Hotpass will be available for $72 for the entire 37-race NASCAR season.

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Corus retains thePlatform for broadband video management

Broadband video management and publishing company thePlatform has reached an agreement with Corus Entertainment to deliver broadband video through Corus’ entertainment portals. With this deal, Seattle-based thePlatform provides broadband video management support for TreehouseTV, YTV and WNetwork. "Corus continues to innovate and develop its online destinations, and has now deployed a number of successful online video destinations," said Marty Roberts, VP of Marketing, thePlatform. "We’re pleased that by using thePlatform, they are able to easily manage, syndicate and monetize their online assets." thePlatform’s system manages the entire logistics process behind the publication of broadband video from the content owner to the consumer. A subsidiary of Comcast, thePlatform currently provides online video publishing and management for a host of consumer brands including: BBC, CNBC, CBS’s College Sports TV, Comcast, Gannett, Helio, HIT Entertainment, PBS KIDS Sprout, Sony BMG, The Hearst Corporation and Verizon Wireless.

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Canada outpaces US in consumer broadband; lags in business and gov’t usage: Survey

Canada ranks fourth internationally, behind the US, Sweden and Japan, as one of the world’s top "Innovation driven economies", according to a Connectivity Scoreboard released by Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN). We also took top marks for high broadband penetration among consumers, although the country continues to lag in government skills and usage of broadband – with one government department being the notable exception.

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SMBs slow to catch on to unified communications, but that could change

Unified communications (UC) is often touted as the ideal communications solution for an increasingly mobile workforce, and to date, UC has been targeted primarily at larger companies. Most small and medium businesses have been left out in the cold by vendors, but analysts say the tide is already beginning to change.

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Management and personnel changes at Copernic

Copernic Inc has announced that president and CEO Martin Bouchard tendered his resignation, effective March 3, 2008 for personal reasons. He will continue as a member of the board of directors and has agreed to be available to the company on a consulting basis.

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WebTech loses a board member

Clarence Chandran has resigned from WebTech Wireless Inc.’s board of directors effective February 4, 2008. He has decided to pursue other interests. With the resignation of Chandran, the board has five members, of which three are outside directors.

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CRTC chair grills HDTV Networks over lack of local news

CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein said the regulator would have to create a new class of broadcasting licence for HDTV Networks Inc., which wants approval to deliver its high-definition television to large cities without the requirement to include local news.

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Viigo keeps World Mobile Congress goers in the loop

Viigo Inc., a mobile application software company based in Toronto, released a special 2008 Mobile World Congress Channel that delivers up-to-the-minute Congress press releases, news, blogs, events, and alerts on Blackberry or Windows Mobile Smartphones.

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Concordia University first Canadian university to rollout next-gen WiFi

Concordia University is teaming with Cisco Systems Inc. for a first in Canada – the rollout of a next-generation WiFi network at its Montreal campus.

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Municipalities share funding model solutions for deploying wireless networks

Municipalities have a number of alternatives to fund the deployment of their wireless networks, and no one model will work in all cases. This was the key takeaway from several speakers at the Strategy Institute‘s 2nd Annual Municipal Wireless Summit in Toronto earlier this month.

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