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New entrants should learn from Wind’s mistakes: Seaboard

New entrants should learn from the mistakes of Globalive Wireless Management Corp.’s’ Wind Mobile, suggesting the company wasn’t sufficiently prepared for its launch, says a Seaboard Group research note. 

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Corus’ Local1 application pulled from April 14 hearing

Corus Entertainment’s application for a specialty television service called Local1 has been withdrawn from a hearing planned for April 14, the CRTC announced late last week. 

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Jay Switzer returns with ‘shrewd proposal’ for gender-specific specialty channels

Although industry observers are calling Jay Switzer’s application for gender-specific specialty channels a “shrewd proposal,” they don’t expect his broadcasting pedigree to give him an upper hand in the search for a distributor.

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Bloc bill to regionalize CRTC meets strong opposition

Bloc Québécois private member’s Bill C-444, which would create a regional CRTC office in Quebec, met strong opposition from Conservative, Liberal and NDP MPs during a House debate Monday.

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Bloc bill to regionalize CRTC meets strong opposition

Bloc Québécois private member’s Bill C-444, which would create a regional CRTC office in Quebec, met strong opposition from Conservative, Liberal and NDP MPs during a House debate Monday.

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CRTC to review structure of DAVE Wireless

The CRTC plans to review the ownership structure of Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises Wireless Inc. (DAVE Wireless), the commission said in a letter March 5. 

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TVA television income up 25 per cent

TVA Group Inc. reported Monday that its operating income in the television sector increased by $4.8 million, or 24.6 per cent, during the last quarter of 2009. 

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Public Mobile plans wireless launch

New wireless market entrant Public Mobile is set to open stores on March 15, with plans to launch its network May 15, 2010, Mobilesyrup reported Monday. 

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Canada shouldn’t be relying on 20th-century telecom industrial model: Benkler

OTTAWA—Twentieth-century industrial models should no longer hold sway over broadband development in Canada, says the author of a Harvard University report that criticized Canada’s broadband infrastructure, access and pricing.

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Telesat supports government’s pledge to open doors for satellite sector

Fixed satellite services operator Telesat says it supports the government’s throne speech and budget commitments to remove foreign ownership restrictions for Canadian satellite operators. 

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