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Shaw’s consumer, media divisions pulling in less money

Shaw Communications Inc.'s first-quarter financial figures showed its consumer network and media businesses bringing in less money than a year earlier, while there was some growth in its business-services operations.

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Videotron’s copyright notices contradictory: Geist

Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron has been sending out copyright-infringement notices to customers, as directed by federal government's new notice-and-notice copyright requirements, that falsely tell users that the rights holder that has alleged a breach cannot be identified, University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist said on his website on Wednesday.

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Government to spend $100M on computer security: report

The federal government will spend about $100 million to bolster the security of its computers in order to safeguard against breaches like last year's hacking of the National Research Council, believed to have been backed by China, the Globe and Mail reported Wednesday.

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Corus numbers up slightly, CEO announces retirement

Corus Entertainment Inc. said Tuesday its revenues in the three-month period ending Nov. 30 were $227 million, up from $226 million in the same period a year earlier.

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Sirius reports higher Q1 earnings

Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc. on Monday reported higher profits, revenue and subscriber numbers for its first fiscal quarter ended Nov. 30.

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Former CRTC commissioner Louis Sherman dies

Louis Sherman, who was a commissioner with the CRTC from 1985 to 1995, has died.

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Glentel shareholders approve Bell buyout

Wireless product retailer Glentel Inc. said Monday that its shareholders have approved a deal to be bought out by BCE Inc.

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ISPs prepping for increase in copyright infringement notices

After "significant" investments in time and money to prepare for the notice-and-notice regime that went into effect this month, independent Internet service providers Teksavvy Solutions Inc. and Distributel Communications Ltd. say they haven’t seen an increase in the number of rights holders' requests that infringement notices be passed on to customers — but they’re expecting one.

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Enterprise to assume bigger role in technology adoption: Deloitte

After a decade of consumers being the trendsetters in the adoption of emerging technology, the enterprise sector will take on a bigger role in 2015 as leaders in the use of cutting-edge IT products, according to a new report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.

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Rogers, RCMP at odds on surveillance fees: report

The RCMP is fighting efforts by Rogers Communications Inc. to recover fees for the company's work helping law-enforcement officials track suspected criminals, the Canadian Press reported Monday.

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