BlackBerry Ltd. is laying off “approximately 100” of its Waterloo, Ont.-based employees, the company said.
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Jennifer Smith will serve as the national sales director for CBC/Radio-Canada’s Radio 2 network when the station begins airing ads this fall, the Crown corporation said.
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The CRTC rejected two broadcasting complaints, one by the former Astral Media Inc. about Quebecor Media Inc.’s illico Club Unlimited service and another about CBC/Radio-Canada’s Explora specialty service, the commission said.
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BCE Inc. launched a new application that allows its TV and mobile subscribers to access TV programming from up to 100 channels on their tablets or smartphones, the company said.
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Canada’s privacy laws would help ensure U.S. security agencies do not gain unfettered access to Canadians’ wireless communications if a large U.S. mobile provider like Verizon Communications Inc. entered the Canadian market, Industry Minister James Moore said.
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BlackBerry Ltd. CEO Thorsten Heins would receive an estimated $55.6 million payout if he loses his job following a sale of the company, Bloomberg said.
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Industry Minister James Moore launched on Friday a multi-pronged campaign to promote the government’s wireless policy and to counter a campaign by incumbent carriers, who argue the government is unfairly favouring U.S. telecom giant Verizon Communications Inc. in the build up to an auction of coveted wireless airwaves.
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The European Union’s antitrust commissioner is calling for a single telecom regulator to replace the EU’s 28 national telecom regulators, the Financial Times reported.
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CHEK Media Group and Newfoundland Broadcasting Co. Ltd. are asking the CRTC to let their Victoria and St. John’s, N.L. stations receive funding from its Small Market Local Programming Fund (SMLPF), the independent broadcasters said.
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The union representing workers at Telus Corp. and Shaw Communications Inc. is criticizing the federal government for not changing spectrum auction rules in the wake of Verizon Communications Inc.’s potential entry into the Canadian market.
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