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Industry Canada considers lighter licensing mechanisms; looks ahead to WRC11

Industry Canada could soon be implementing a new way to license spectrum with an official saying the department may adopt what is called "light licensing".

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CRTC greenlights game and variety shows for MuchMusic

Older variety programs, such as Test Pattern, can now be rebroadcast on MuchMusic, the CRTC agreed Friday. The commission approved an application by CTVglobemedia Inc. to offer music-related variety programs and game shows on its MuchMusic channel, as long as they do not exceed 15% and 10% respectively in each broadcast week.

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FCC’s white spaces ruling to have little immediate impact on Canada

The US Federal Communications Commission‘s decision last week to approve the use of white spaces TV spectrum – bandwidth for unused TV channels 2 to 51 – for broadband wireless access services is expected to have little near-term impact in Canadian border regions, according to an Industry Canada official.

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BITE TV targets 18-34 year olds with online, mobile and TV broadcasts

Today’s re-launch of Bite TV signals that GlassBOX Television Inc. is ready to take a bite out of youth-oriented channels’ ratings by relying on low-cost, in-house productions. It also sets the stage for the November 24th unveiling of AUX TV– a new digital, interactive, music channel and website.

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Bell Canada continues its makeover

The makeover of Bell Canada continues with the telecom giant introducing roll-over wireless minutes and remaking its discount brand Solo. With the company struggling in the marketplace and marred in the ongoing privatization, Bell has eliminated the system access fee for some Solo plans and introduced new prices plans while also at the same time unveiling the availability of two new smartphones for Solo.

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Fido gets new home

Rogers Communications discount Fido wireless brand got a makeover last week. Not only did Fido get a new brand, the company introduced a series of new rate plans, an "owner’s guarantee" and eliminated the system access fee on all of its plans. Customers can choose from a variety of plans starting from $15 per month. Plans with unlimited text messages start at $25 per month.

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Spectrum Signal selected for NATO R&D

Spectrum Signal Processing, a Vecima subsidiary, has announced that its flexComm SDR-4000 software defined radio platform has been chosen for research and development purposes by the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO), part of the Danish military. DALO is part of the NATO Research and Technology Organization (RTO) Task Group IST-080 that is currently studying how SDR technology can enable radio communications interoperability between nations, while reducing overall hardware costs.

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Digital rights continue to stymie business case for mobile reading, despite 25% growth in e-books

Mobile reading devices are opening new revenue opportunities for book publishers in Canada, but securing rights and identifying profitable business models continue to be a problem, says Jack Illingworth, a marketing technology consultant with the Association of Canadian Publishers.

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Gay-lesbian channel scores victory in battle for fair carriage on Shaw systems

Shaw Cablesystems Ltd. received a slap on wrist Tuesday for marketing practices that specialty channel OUTtv says have cost it hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost subscriber revenue. While an executive with the gay and lesbian channel welcomes the ruling, he says safeguards are needed to protect independents who often face tough carriage negotiations with cable and satellite TV providers.

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