Ericsson in talks for Microsoft IPTV platform: Bloomberg

Ericsson is in talks to purchase Microsoft Corp.’s MediaRoom IPTV technology, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

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CBC’s Cracked sold to U.S. and France

Toronto-based White Pine Pictures, which is behind CBC/Radio-Canada’s police drama show Cracked, sold the program to the U.S. and France, White Pine said Wednesday.

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BlackBerry reports profit, sells 1m Z10s in Q4

BlackBerry reported $94 million US in fourth-quarter profits driven by cost-cutting measures and the shipment of more than one million Z10 smartphones, even as its overall sales continued to fall, the company said Thursday.

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Accelero only foreign player in four bids for Wind: industry sources

Accelero Capital, an investment firm owned by former Wind Mobile investor Naguib Sawiris, is the only foreign bidder so far for the Canadian new entrant carrier, among two bids from incumbent telcos and another from Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., industry sources said.

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C-55 receives royal assent

Bill C-55, an Act to Amend the Criminal Code, received royal assent Wednesday, passing into law before an April 13 deadline set by the Supreme Court.

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Teachers’ buys Australian telecom companies

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan reached an agreement to acquire 70 per cent of three Australian telecommunications companies from Leighton Holdings Ltd., Teachers’ said Wednesday.

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CBC transparency bill passes vote in House

Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber’s private members' bill on CBC transparency, Bill C-461, passed a vote at second reading in the House of Commons with support from the Conservative government.

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Rogers customers more likely to use smartphones: poll

Rogers Communications Inc.’s wireless customers are more likely to own a smartphone than customers of other incumbent wireless carriers BCE Inc. and Telus Corp., Media Technology Monitor (MTM) said in new survey results.

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Text messages are private communications, Supreme Court says

Cached copies of text messages stored by wireless providers are “private communications” and deserve the same legal protections as other electronic communications, the Supreme Court of Canada said.

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Fongo says it’s bidding for Wind Mobile

Fongo Inc., which owns a mobile application offering free voice and text messaging services, said it is biding to acquire new entrant carrier Wind Mobile.

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