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Rogers says radio station websites most viewed

The online websites of radio stations owned by Rogers Communications Inc. attracted more visits and more unique visitors than a comparable fleet of Canadian radio station websites in the first two quarters of 2012, Rogers said Thursday.

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Williams named IAB Canada president

Chris Williams has been named the new president of the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada (IAB Canada).

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Pacific Fibre’s trans-Pacific cable plan fails

New Zealand company Pacific Fibre Ltd. folded and cancelled plans to build a second trans-Pacific fibre link connecting Australia’s and New Zealand’s Internet infrastructure to the United States.

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Allow regional carriers to share 700 MHz networks, bid separately in auction, Quebecor says

Industry Canada should allow regional wireless carriers operating in different parts of the country to share network infrastructure and bid in next year's 700 MHz auction as separate players, Quebecor Media Inc. said.

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Blue Ant finalizes purchase of High Fidelity HDTV

Blue Ant Media Inc. has added four additional specialty channels to its roster after completing its acquisition of High Fidelity HDTV Inc., the company said Wednesday.

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CBC says it will ‘break even or be profitable’ with Olympics rights

CBC/Radio-Canada will “either break even or be profitable” with its exclusive Canadian broadcast rights to the Sochi 2014 and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Jeffrey Orridge, executive director of CBC sports properties, said in an interview.

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Streaming to be 66.6% of peak traffic in 2015: Sandvine

Online video streaming will account for two-thirds of peak bandwidth usage in in the United States in 2015, Internet technology company Sandvine Corp. predicted.

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Competition Bureau investigating Bell Media carriage agreements: court documents

The federal Competition Bureau is investigating whether BCE Inc. is using its stable of “high-demand television” channels to place “anti-competitive” restrictions on competing broadcast distributors, documents filed with the Federal Court show.

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