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Rogers says it will have 1,000 Canadian films on video-on-demand by summer

Rogers Communications Inc. is aggressively licensing new Canadian films for its video-on-demand platform to better compete with TV rival BCE Inc., not as a way to head off an application for a new Canadian film channel mandated on basic cable, said David Purdy, Rogers’ senior vice-president of content.

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Astral launches business news app

Astral Media Inc. launched a new mobile application that aggregates news and content from its business units for clients, the company said.

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Wood to leave Wind for Telus

Telecom lawyer Andrea Wood will leave her role as Wind Mobile’s chief legal officer to become vice-president of legal services for Telus Corp., Telus said.

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MTS expands fibre to Beausejour

MTS Inc. will begin deploying its fibre-to-the-home network to Beausejour, Man., this summer, and expects the service to be available in the area later this year, the company said.

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CRTC seeking news channel data for possible ‘news neighbourhood’ reg

The CRTC is asking broadcast distributors for information on the dial positions of news channels they carry following questions from commission Chair Jean-Pierre Blais last week about the possibility of creating a “news neighbourhood” regulation for the grouping of news channels.

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Justice Fish to retire this spring

Supreme Court Justice Morris Fish will retire at the end of the spring session, the court said.

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Ofcom to trial TV white space devices

Ofcom, the U.K.’s telecom regulator, said it will conduct a trial of TV “white space” devices this fall with an eye to rolling out rural broadband and machine-to-machine technologies on the spectrum next year.

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No more mandatory distribution orders, Blue Ant urges

The CRTC should not grant any new mandatory distribution orders and should freeze the wholesale rates of channels that already have one to prevent the cancelation of television subscriptions, independent broadcaster Blue Ant Media Inc. said.

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EA restructures, shuts down Vancouver studios

Organizational restructuring at video game developer Electronic Arts Inc. could lead to the shutdown of Vancouver-based studios Popcap Vancouver and Quicklime Studios, the Financial Post reported Thursday.

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BCE leads with 26% of residential broadband market: MTM

BCE Inc. and its subsidiary Bell Aliant Inc. serve more than a quarter of all residential broadband Internet subscriptions across English-speaking Canada, a new report by Media Technology Monitor (MTM) said.

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