U.S. tax breaks are good news for Cogeco
Radio, Peer 1, doing just fine; wireless still a maybe MONTREAL – Louis Audet doesn’t like to discuss politics, no matter how many times he’s asked to by journalists, but […]
Vidéotron drops AMC, saying price is too high (updated)
MONTREAL — Five years after it finally added the American cable channel to its television service, Vidéotron is dropping AMC, refusing to renew its carriage contract. The channel will disappear […]
Joly says she’s listening, but has no announcement on Netflix tax (UPDATED)
MONTREAL — “I’ve gotten such great press lately,” Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly joked to break the ice in a speech Friday to Montreal’s board of trade. But despite mounting pressure, […]
EBOX says Bell refusing to offer its TV services for distribution
MONTREAL — EBOX, an independent Internet and phone service provider in Quebec and Ontario, hasn’t yet launched its new television distribution service, but already it’s had to file a complaint […]
Carriage nightmare ends for French-language horror channel Frissons TV
Videotron to launch independent channel on September 1st MONTREAL — Earlier this year, Sylvain Gagné said he was ready to give up on his dream. “That was my last shot", the […]
New Montreal talk radio stations testing, new programming coming by year’s end
MONTREAL – Six years ago, in the summer of 2011, a pair of Montreal businessmen went public with a project to revitalize the radio market in Montreal. Using two clear-channel […]
Videotron, Ericsson, show off Open Sky Lab
MONTREAL — It was a science fair atmosphere at the École de technologie supérieure on Wednesday as the Open Sky Laboratory for Smart Life showed off some of the progress […]
Bell’s new Alt TV a cheaper, skinnier, more mobile, less featured Fibe
MONTREAL — BCE CEO George Cope described it as a “game-changing” offer in the television industry: a digital pay TV service without a set-top box, but Bell’s Alt TV offer […]
Data services a struggle, but Cogeco still sees opportunity in U.S. cablecos
MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. is actively looking at more acquisitions in cable companies in the United States, but has ruled out acquisitions in the data services sector over the next […]
French TV License Renewal: Intervenors “message well received”
LAVAL – CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais stressed the idea of “citizenship obligations” as he concluded a hearing Thursday into licence renewals for major French-language private television broadcasters. Questioning Corus Entertainment, […]