Cellcom now using video calls to service customers
MONTREAL — Bell dealer Cellcom Communications yesterday announced it has launched Cellcom live agent, a new video conferencing platform which lets customers connect with its stores’ agents via video call. […]
Gusto TV expands again with Samsung TV Plus deal in Australia
OTTAWA — Following its launch last week on Samsung TV Plus in the UK, Gusto TV today announced it has signed a new global agreement to launch on TV Plus […]
CAJ launches first newsroom diversity survey
OTTAWA — The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) today announced the launch of the 2020 Canadian Newsroom Diversity Survey, calling it Canada’s first representative survey of diversity in media. Following […]
Global News Radio announces new national late night show
VANCOUVER — Corus Entertainment’s Global News Radio network today announced its late-night program, The Shift with Shane Hewitt, will officially launch across Canada on November 29. This follows the July […]
ATN reports positive Q3 income after several quarters of losses
TORONTO — Asian Television Network International (ATN), Canada’s largest South Asian broadcaster, reported its consolidated operating revenue decreased during its third quarter of 2020, compared to the same quarter of […]
Regional government building open-access “100-year solution” (fibre) to its rural regions
By Lynn Greiner TORONTO – The Regional Municipality of York occupies 1,800 square kilometres just north of Toronto, with a population of 1.2 million in nine municipalities. It’s a mix […]
Nova Scotia expands broadband projects with Bell and Mainland Telecom
HALIFAX — Develop Nova Scotia, a Crown corporation responsible for developing and implementing a strategy to provide high-speed Internet access across the province, today announced the expansion of several existing […]
Former CBC employees turn to board of directors to stop branded-content Tandem initiative
TORONTO — In an unprecedented move, a coalition of former CBC management executives, journalists, producers and other employees have sent a letter to the public broadcaster’s board of directors asking […]
Majority of Canadian adults stream audio each month, says report
TORONTO — More than half of Canadians aged 18-plus (17.5 million or 58% of the adult population) visited an audio streaming website or app in an average month, according to […]
StackTV delivers multi-channel holiday programming
TORONTO — Corus Entertainment wants more StackTV customers for Christmas. The company continues to push its StackTV offering hard, today announcing the multi-channel package will provide unlimited holiday viewing with […]