Blue Ant to rebrand ‘bold’ as Cottage Life

Independent broadcaster Blue Ant Media Inc. will rebrand its specialty channel “bold” as the Cottage Life channel.

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CRTC approves Shaw’s acquisition of Videon assets

The CRTC approved Shaw Communications Inc.’s request to acquire control of the broadcast distribution assets of its Videon Cableystems Inc. subsidiary.

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Google in talks for NFL Sunday Ticket: report

Google Inc. has opened talks to acquire the rights to the National Football League’s (NFL) “Sunday Ticket” subscription TV service, tech blog AllThingsDigital reported on Tuesday.

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East to leave film distributors’ lobby group

Ted East will step down from his position as president of the Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters, The Hollywood Reporter reported Monday.

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Prorogation to lead to renewed calls for speedy privacy reform

The federal privacy commissioner and an NDP MP said they will urge the government to shift gears on privacy reform in light of the death of the government’s privacy bill as a result of prorogation.

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CETA negotiations to re-launch in September

International Trade Minister Ed Fast said the federal government will re-launch negotiations on a comprehensive trade deal with the European Union (EU) next month, the Canadian Press reported.

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Videotron, BCE reach carriage agreement

Quebecor Media Inc. subsidiary Videotron Ltd. and BCE Inc.’s media division reached a new agreement for Videotron to carry former Astral Media Inc. channels, allowing the companies to avoid CRTC arbitration.

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Canadians split on foreign companies entering wireless market: poll

A new poll commissioned by incumbent wireless carriers BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. suggests that most Canadians don’t want government rules to advantage foreign or Canadian-owned companies in an upcoming spectrum auction.

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‘Neighbourhooding’ to create better business case for all-news channels, experts say

A CRTC proposal to group national all-news channels in “news neighbourhoods” and to more closely regulate how they are carried by broadcast distributors will make Canadian news channels a more viable business opportunity, industry experts said.

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Chatr ‘fewer dropped calls’ ads not misleading, Ontario court says

Rogers Communications Inc.’s advertising campaign that claimed its Chatr wireless brand had “fewer dropped calls” than its new entrant competitors was not misleading, said the Ontario court judge who heard the Competition Bureau’s $10-million case against the company.

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