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Bell and Bloomberg in bed for business network rebrand

BCE Inc.’s Bell Media and Bloomberg LP have announced a joint effort to resuscitate the American financial brand’s Canadian TV presence, with a release on Monday outlining the details of a rebrand of Bell’s business channel, BNN, to BNN Bloomberg.

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Jamie Schouela to helm Blue Ant’s Canadian media operations

In a press release on Monday, Blue Ant Media Inc. announced the promotion of Jamie Schouela to president of Canadian media at the content production company.

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Text-with-911 incompatible with WiFi calling: CRTC

In a step towards its goal of upgrading Canada’s 911 network by 2020, the CRTC published a decision on Friday which recommended that wireless service providers default all 911 calls to the cellular networks whenever possible.

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As Bell deal closes, Telus buys western Alarmforce assets

In a press release on Friday, Telus Corp. announced its acquisition of AlarmForce Industries Inc.’s western operations in Canada, the same day as BCE Inc. closed its purchase of the home-security company.

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As programmatic ads grow, GDPR could pose a problem: expert

Automatic, data-based advertising has grown significantly over the years and now it’s even making the move to billboards — but it’s a trend that could, in some cases, face challenges due the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), especially should the Canadian government change its privacy laws in response to that legislation.

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CRTC digs into reasons behind Canadians’ content consumption choices

The CRTC launched a survey Thursday to find out why Canadians consume content the way they do, including why many still turn to traditional TV and radio while others go exclusively online.

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Jim Shaw, former Shaw CEO, dies at 60

Shaw Communications Inc. said on Wednesday evening that its former CEO, Jim Shaw, has died.

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Scheer says he supports net neutrality

Opposition leader Andrew Scheer has said he supports net neutrality, despite statements by his Innovation critic, Maxime Bernier, indicating Bernier had a different opinion on the issue last month.

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Stingray buys concert streaming service

Stingray Digital Group Inc. has purchased the New York-based streaming service Quello Concerts in a move it said makes it the “the leading distributor of Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) concerts in the world.”

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$24.8M from Connect to Innovate to go to N.L.

The federal government will allocate $24.8 million from its Connect to Innovate program to improve internet connectivity in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to a Tuesday press release.

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