CCTS hires Janet Lo as assistant commissioner
OTTAWA — The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) has hired Janet Lo (above) as its new assistant commissioner of legal, regulatory and stakeholder affairs, effective May 10. In […]
Standard Broadband getting $1.6 million in UBF money to connect 324 Halton homes
HALTON REGION — Funded through the federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund rapid response stream, a new project to bring high-speed Internet to 324 underserved homes in Ontario’s Halton region was […]
New production studio to open in Winnipeg later this year
WINNIPEG — Big Sky Studios, a new film production centre with three soundstages, is currently being built in Winnipeg and is expected to be operational in fall 2021. The announcement […]
North Frontenac finishes small Wellington County broadband build
WELLINGTON COUNTY — Construction of a fibre-to-the-home project by North Frontenac Telephone Company, funded through the Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) organization, is now complete in Wellington County, providing better […]
5G already changing smartphone users’ behaviour, says Ericsson
STOCKHOLM — The availability of 5G networks is already beginning to change the behaviour of smartphone users around the world, with many reducing use of Wi-Fi on their phones indoors […]
Consumer products help drive WildBrain’s revenue growth
HALIFAX — Kids and family entertainment company WildBrain yesterday evening reported its revenue increased 4% to $102.2 million in the third quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, compared to $98.3 […]
Got a library card? You can get Stingray’s Qello Concerts
MONTREAL — Music service provider and broadcaster Stingray Group today announced its Qello Concerts streaming service is now available on the Libby app, which is powered by OverDrive’s worldwide digital […]
Ross Video supports AWS media and entertainment initiative
OTTAWA — Video production tech supplier Ross Video today announced support for Amazon Web Services’ AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative as part of Ross’s future roadmaps for its media […]
Ontario public safety group joins North American association
OAKVILLE, Ont. — The PSBN Innovation Alliance — which counts the Halton Regional Police Service and Peel Regional Police among its members — announced today it has been named as […]
ANALYSIS: Why the decline in trust, not the drop in ad revenue, might spell the end of mainstream news
And four fixes which need to be applied By Mark Sikstrom THEY BLAME GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK for the blow to the bottom line and social media for their shrinking audience, […]