Shaw launches security service for small businesses

Shaw Communications Inc. is now offering a network security service aimed at small and medium businesses.

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‘Separate silo’ approach to regulation wrong-footed in Internet age: report

Adjusting the existing legislation governing the telecommunications and broadcasting industries and putting more power in the hands of the CRTC could help address issues in Canada’s concentrated TV industry, according to a new Canadian Media Concentration Research Project report.

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MTS shareholders back Bell acquisition

The shareholders of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. have nearly unanimously approved its acquisition by BCE Inc.

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Vice, V Media to launch French version of Viceland

Vice Media Inc. has teamed up with Groupe V Média Inc. to launch the Viceland TV channel in French Canada, the companies said in a Wednesday press release.

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Mobile ads, music streaming to be a force in 2020: PwC

Mobile advertising revenue and music streaming activity will see dramatic increases over the next four years, as technological innovation takes hold over traditional methods of media consumption, according to a new report from PWC.

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Netflix hold on network traffic shrinks, but remains dominant: report

Netflix Inc.’s over-the-top (OTT) service continued to lead peak period network traffic, but the percentage of traffic has declined since late 2015, according to a new Global Internet Phenomena report by Sandvine Inc.

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Quebec City lawsuit against Cogeco dismissed

The Quebec Superior Court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Cogeco Inc., determining the suit was abusive under section 51 of Quebec’s code of civil procedure.

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Rogers restructuring gives Vice Viceland stake

The CRTC has approved a reorganization that will see Rogers Communications Inc.’s media division share control of the Viceland TV channel.

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Karine Moses named new head of Bell Media’s out-of-home ad branch

BCE Inc.’s media division announced Wednesday that Karine Moses, Bell’s vice-president of field operations support, would be taking on the position of president of Astral Out of Home.

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Impartiality, authority of CRTC chairman called into question in harassment review hearing

TORONTO — A reasonable person could make the link between the comments that CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais made as a witness during a harassment investigation concerning a fellow commissioner and bias to his ultimate signing off on the finding of harassment, a federal court justice suggested Tuesday. 

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