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Municipalities, wireless association, issue higher standards for antenna siting

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunication Association (CWTA) released a new wireless antenna siting protocol to address public concerns about new wireless antennas in their communities.

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Astral launches TMN Go video app

Astral Media Inc. launched a new iOS mobile application with content from channels The Movie Network, HBO Canada and TMN Encore, the company said.

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Producers need ‘discoverability’ strategies: Report

Canadian media producers operate in a global market and must have strategies for “discoverability” to be successful, the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) said in a new report Wednesday.

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Auditor general gives CBC ‘clean audit’

There are no “significant deficiencies” in CBC/Radio-Canada’s practices governing its operations and resources, the Office of the Auditor General said in a report released Wednesday.

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Cisco looks at investing in Canada

Cisco Systems Inc. is considering investing some of its $46.4 billion US cash reserves in Canada after United States legislators failed to reduce taxes on repatriated profits, John Chambers, the company's CEO, said in an interview with Financial Times.

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Sportsnet gets rights to IndyCar

Sportsnet, owned by Rogers Communications Inc., secured the Canadian multiplatform rights to IZOD IndyCar Series, a release said Tuesday.

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Telus wins Bell’s court challenge of CRTC vertical integration ruling

The Federal Court of Appeal ruled from the bench at a hearing in Toronto Tuesday, dismissing BCE Inc.'s challenge of the CRTC's use of a “reverse onus” rule in its process for complaints about anti-competitive practices.

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Rogers says independent producers getting too much from terms of trade deal

TORONTO—Rogers Communications Inc.'s broadcast division is unhappy with the industry's terms of trade agreement with independent producers and will seek a bigger share of production revenues when the contract expires next year, said Keith Pelley, president of Rogers Media Inc.

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CRTC lowers Northwestel’s wholesale rates for transport links

A CRTC decision that lowered Northwestel Inc.’s wholesale backbone access rates will improve competition in Northern Canada, Yellowknife-based satellite Internet provider SSi Micro Ltd. said.

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More foreign investment needed in telecom, tech: Paradis

Industry Minister Christian Paradis called for more foreign investment in Canada’s information, communications and technology sectors in a speech at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

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