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New Mobivox customer adds value to voice

Talk-Out, a new breed of low-cost mobile provider making headway in Canada and the United States, has inked an agreement to use Mobivox‘s voice-activated platform for its business and consumer services. The deal fills out Montreal-based Talk-Out’s services, which are supposed to be launched here in Canada this week and in the US next month.

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CRTC releases financial information on private broadcasters

The CRTC has released financial information for conventional television for broadcast year ending Aug. 2008. The figures shed light on profitability, revenues, and expenses, money spent on Canadian programming and employment.

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Advertising on CBC radio an option: Heritage minister

Heritage Minister James Moore suggested Monday that advertising on CBC Radio "is an option." Moore made the comments during an exchange with NDP heritage critic Charlie Angus during the minister’s first address to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

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Bell develops tool to help healthcare organizations comply with privacy legislation

Bell Canada has developed a web-based tool set that enables healthcare-related organizations to upgrade their network and backend systems to maintain compliance with privacy legislation. Working with Agiliance, the system acts as an expert, guiding clients through the compliance process for projects, services and systems.

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Axia lands deal in France

Axia NetMedia Corp. announced that Covage, its joint venture with VINCI Networks has landed the network contract for another Délégations de Service Public (DSP) in France. Dunkerque Grand Littoral Networks is located in northern France, has a population of 210,000 and consists of 18 communities, with the city of Dunkerque having 70,000 inhabitants. Construction is scheduled to begin in June 2009 and is expected to be complete by June 2010. The network will connect 11 central government offices, 50 business parks and 300 publicly owned sites. It will consist of 162 kms of infrastructure including 120 kms to be built and 40 kms of existing infrastructure including the seaport’s ducts. The DSP might also extend the network to be cover 25,000 homes.

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Guest-Tek announces board resignation

Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. has announced today that Tadashi Ishihara has resigned from the company’s board of directors.

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Bell and Telus resist CRTC order to share higher broadband speeds with competitors

Bell Canada‘s call for a full public proceeding on defining next-generation networks (NGNs) and the terms of competitors’ access to them is nothing more than a tactic to delay giving competitors access to higher-speed Internet services, CyberSurf Corp. and MTS Allstream Inc. have charged.

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TVO’s YouTube channel goes live

The much awaited TVO channel on YouTube is now online almost three months after plans for it were announced. The channel will feature some of TVO’s distinctive programming, including the interactive children’s show Your Voice and the flagship program The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Advertising revenues from the channel are expected to be shared between TVO and YouTube.

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Fixed WiMAX expected to weather “Buy American” bill and gloomy analyst predictions

It may not be all doom and gloom for Canada’s fixed WiMAX vendors, despite Nortel’s decision to wind-down its mobile WiMAX business, grim predictions from analysts and concerns about "Buy American" legislation. At least three Canadian vendors continue to be optimistic.

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CanWest to sell five TV stations

CanWest Global Communications Inc. has announced that it is considering selling five of its conventional television stations after the debt-laden company’s borrowing power was removed by the banks. The stations slated for sale are CJNT-TV in Montreal, CHCH-TV in Hamilton, CHCA-TV in Red Deer, CHBC-TV in Kelowna and CHEK-TV in Victoria.

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