The Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus said Wednesday it has awarded new local access contracts to provide high-speed Internet access to nearly 40,000 homes and businesses in the southern portion of the Ottawa Valley. 

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The Canada Media Fund (CMF) released on Wednesday new program guidelines and a budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

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Revenues for the Canadian broadcast distribution industry grew annually by $1 billion to reach $13.5 billion for the fiscal year ending in August 2011, the CRTC reported Wednesday in 2011 financial results for TV distributors. 

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The CRTC opened a consultation Wednesday on whether the conditions in the marketplace have changed enough to warrant regulations governing a national wireless consumer code.

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Profits at Canada’s private conventional television stations rose by 1,400 per cent and reached their highest levels since 2005 as broadcasters reduced operating expenses, the CRTC said Wednesday.

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Roku Inc. will sell its set-top boxes on Amazon Inc.’s Canadian website when the online TV distributor launches in Canada sometime this year, tech blog GigaOm reported Tuesday.

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Asian Television Network International Ltd. (ATN) said Tuesday its operating revenues reached $28 million in 2011.

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Vecima Networks Inc. said Tuesday that Xplornet Broadband Inc. has purchased radio spectrum holdings from the company in the 3.5 GHz band for $7.3 million. 

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