Three executives depart as CBC restructures scripted content unit
Broadcaster now in search of four new directors TORONTO – CBC today said it is restructuring its scripted content team so it can “be more effective and responsive to the […]
Shaw’s broadband gets even faster
CALGARY – Shaw Communications’ top-end broadband service got even faster today. The company launched Fibre+ Gig 1.5, which it says is “a new internet plan designed to provide gamers, streamers […]
ISP Summit 2020: Why has ISED ceded the digital file to Heritage?
And can we please deal with all the delays? By Lynn Greiner TORONTO – The regulatory world is a strange and often not-too-wonderful place, and annually the ISP Summit’s regulatory […]
Broadcasting Act: Changes “needed to happen three years ago”
Briefing call shows urgency, sticking points, for large players on broadcast changes By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – As major Canadian broadcasters fired off rote responses to media requests saying they […]
ISP Summit 2020: Nothing is coming yet to update the Telecom Act
TORONTO – The day after the Heritage Minister tabled amendments to the Broadcasting Act in the House of Commons, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Navdeep Bains, “attended” the […]
ISP Summit 2020: How operators must adapt quickly to deploy to the next gen broadband home
By Lynn Greiner TORONTO – Especially in today’s world, everyone needs fast, reliable Internet, which increasingly includes fast, reliable Wi-Fi At this week’s tenth annual ISP Summit, a panel composed […]
ANALYSIS: Four ways to address the “inappropriate profits” of the telecom incumbents and foster real competition
By Matt Stein THERE’S NO LONGER ANY question that telecommunications is an essential service. Turn off the Wi-Fi in your house and you’ll see what happens! The pandemic, as we […]
Stingray’s Q2 2021 revenues take Covid-19 hit; radio showing signs of recovery
MONTREAL — Broadcaster and music service provider Stingray today reported its revenues decreased 16% in the second quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, compared to the same quarter last year, […]
SaskTel brings maxTV Stream to Leader and McPhee Lake
LEADER and MCPHEE LAKE, Sask. — SaskTel today announced the town of Leader is the latest rural Saskatchewan community to now have access to the company’s maxTV Stream and interNET […]
TFO’s Ready for Tomorrow program helps youth improve employability
TORONTO — A new initiative called the Ready for Tomorrow program, launched last month by Ontario’s French-language broadcaster Groupe Média TFO, in partnership with RBC Future Launch, is designed to […]