Cogeco’s epico takes square aim at Fibe, but also Roku and Firestick
Advanced service joins all-in-one-video push By Greg O’Brien MONTREAL – This week, Cogeco Connexion became the latest company to tell consumers if they want all of their video in one […]
COMMENTARY: Will cuts at Bell Media affect Canadian programming? You bet
By Doug Barrett IN ANY STORY OF corporate “restructuring” or “streamlining” there is always another, inside story. What, in the case of the recent, and ongoing, terminations at Bell Media […]
Bell Media keeps cutting
TORONTO – Bell Media this week followed up the cuts to its senior executives by beginning to trim the ranks at the director and GM level. Cartt.ca has learned at […]
Uvagut TV to air live coverage of controversial mine hearing
POND INLET, Nunavut — Uvagut TV, Canada’s first Inuit-language TV channel (which launched on January 18), said today it will broadcast live coverage of the upcoming environmental hearing on Baffinland […]
Ontario pledges $10.9 million to improve broadband in northern communities (updated)
Project deadline is 2023 TORONTO — The Ontario government announced today it is investing $10.9 million to bring faster broadband to several towns and First Nation communities in Northern Ontario. […]
Bell Let’s Talk awards $1 million in Diversity Fund grants to eight organizations
MONTREAL — Bell Let’s Talk today announced the latest recipients of its new Diversity Fund, with grants totalling $1 million going to eight organizations working to improve access to culturally […]
Rogers Tower at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square to get an overhaul
TORONTO — Branded Cities, a leading out-of-home (OOH) media company, today announced it has signed a new long-term agreement with Rogers Sports and Media to re-develop the Rogers Tower (above) […]
Telus was fastest Canadian mobile operator in Q4, says Ookla
But really, everyone is pretty good, winning in one metric or another… SEATTLE — According to Seattle-based Ookla’s latest Speedtest Global Index, Telus was the fastest mobile operator among the […]
CBC Licence Renewals: Quebecor sticks to its guns
By Denis Carmel GATINEAU – Québecor CEO Pierre-Karl Péladeau took centre-stage at the CRTC’s hearing into the broadcasting licence renewals for the CBC and reiterated his company’s complaint (which it […]
Combined U.S.-Canada Netflix subscriptions close to 74 million
LOS GATOS, Calif. — Netflix added another 860,000 paid membership net additions in its U.S.-Canada (UCAN) region during the fourth quarter of 2020, bringing its total paid subscribers in the […]