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CBC says 15M tuned into men’s gold medal hockey game

About 15 million people in Canada tuned in to at least part of the Olympic men’s hockey gold medal game on Sunday, which had an average audience of 8.5 million throughout the contest, CBC/Radio-Canada said.

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Extension of creditor protection approved for Mobilicity

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Tuesday said it has approved Mobilicity’s request for an extension of its creditor protection until March 31.

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Disney launches cloud-based movie service in U.S.

Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday announced the launch of a cloud-based movie service called Disney Movies Everywhere to consumers in the United States.

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Court fines Rogers $500,000 over fewer-dropped-calls claim

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered Rogers Communications Inc. to pay a $500,000 penalty for not exercising due diligence before claiming its Chatr brand had fewer dropped calls, the Competition Bureau said in a release Monday.

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PIAC asks court to set aside cancellation fees in wireless code appeal

The question of cancellation fees for wireless customers should be set aside in carriers’ appeal of the CRTC’s wireless code, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre said in a court filing on Friday.

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Netflix to pay Comcast for faster streaming: report

Netflix Inc. will pay Comcast Corp. for access to its network in order to be able to provide its streaming video customers with faster speeds and improved reliability, Bloomberg reported Monday, quoting anonymous sources.

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Mobilicity seeks creditor protection until March 31

Mobilicity is seeking to extend its creditor protection until March 31, according to a report on the website of its court-appointed monitor, Ernst & Young.

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Companies bet on finding profits in free public WiFi

Local authorities in some of Canada’s major cities are arranging to have communications infrastructure installed for use by their citizens, and these projects have something in common — public money is not part of the deal.

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BlackBerry makes BBM available for Windows, Nokia phones

BlackBerry Ltd. said Monday that its BBM instant-messaging service would become available to users of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Phones and Nokia Corp.’s X smartphones.

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TekSavvy ordered to turn over subscriber info to Voltage

A Canadian Internet service provider is being required by court order to give information on its subscribers linked with illegal filesharing to a Hollywood production company, and advocates on both sides of the issue are expressing appreciation for the decision.

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