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Is Bell Taking Over Astral to Get Millions in Public Subsidies?

Catherine Hart | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Astral, Openmedia, Media Concentration, Crtc, Bell, Vertical Integration, Canada Media, Astral Media, Big Media Canada, Canadian Media Concentration, Big-Telecom-Canada, Canadian Media, Canada Business News
Catherine Hart

Bell is pursuing an outdated business model that reduces customer choice, forces subscribers to pay for content they don't want, and banks millions in taxpayer-funded subsidies. It seems that Bell's priority is getting as much money out of Canadians as possible, without any consideration of what citizens actually want.

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The CRTC Picks What's on Your TV But You Pay for It

J. David Ellis | Posted 04.23.2013 | Canada
Read More: Broadcasting, Crtc, Channel-Bundling, Rogers, Jean-Pierre Blais, Tv, Sun News, Bell, Must-Carry, Starlight, Canada News
J. David Ellis

Tuesday marks the opening of another critical public hearing at the CRTC. It will be considering applications to expand the mandatory distribution of channels on the basic TV service. But, bottom line, if our own federal government refuses to kick in a few more million a year to show just how important Canadian culture is, then why should the rest of us?

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STOMPING COMPETITION

CP | LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.10.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Wind Mobile, Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, Wireless Competition Canada, Video, Carriers Leave Association, Canada-Wireleless-Competition, Rogers Wireless, Cp, Telus, Bell, Mobilicity, Public Mobile, Canada Business News

Three of Canada's new wireless carriers say they will better serve their customers outside the industry's lobby group, which they accuse of favouring ...

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"Let's Talk" About Psychotic Disorders, Too

Susan Inman | Posted 04.14.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Mental Illness, Mental Health Commission of Canada, National Institute of Mental Health, Schizophrenia, Psychosis, "Let's Talk, Vancouver Early Psychosis Intervention, Mental Health First Aid, Bell, Anosognosia, Early Psychosis Intervention, Canada Living News
Susan Inman

Advertisements and billboards around Canada are encouraging us to discuss mental health problems as part of Bell's "Let's Talk" campaign on Feb. 12. However, those of us who wish Canadians could finally receive much needed public education about psychotic disorders are disappointed. Canada is fortunate to have quite a few early psychosis intervention programs. But given the poor state of knowledge about both the early signs and the existence of programs, too many families aren't getting the knowledge they need. These are major public health problems. Let's talk about them.

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Watching the Watchdog: The Elephant in the Newsroom

Tim Knight | Posted 12.23.2012 | Canada
Read More: Cbc, Plagiarism, Crtc, Social Media, Astral Media, Newsweek, Canadian Press, Wentegate, Postmedia News, Twitter, Sylvia Stead, Facebook, John Stackhouse, Toronto Star, Hubert Lacroix, Globe and Mail, Canadian Journalism Foundation, Huffington Post, Margaret Wente, Bell, Editors-in-Chief, Cjf, Slideexpand, Canada News
Tim Knight

Last Thursday, CJF's full-house gathering was titled Gutenberg's Last Stand: Reinventing the Modern Newspaper. Sitting in the audience, I was certain that -- plagiarism being a mortal sin in our honourable profession -- someone would raise Wentegate. I waited. Nobody mentioned Wentegate. Or resignations. Surely, if nothing else, Stackhouse deserved his chance to explain?

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Bell Sounds Off In Final CRTC Pitch

CP | LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.15.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Bell Astral Deal, Bell Astral Merger, Bell Astral, Video, Crtc, Cp, Bell, Bell Astral Crtc, Bell Canada, Canada Business News

MONTREAL - Bell should be allowed buy specialty TV and radio station company Astral Media to get bigger to take on foreign online competitors like Net...

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Daniel Tencer

Will Canadians Miss Out On Faster Cellphone Speeds?

HuffingtonPost.com | Daniel Tencer | Posted 03.15.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Cellphone Prices Canada, Wind Mobile, Christian Paradis, Wireless Prices Canada, Telus, Rogers Communications, Bell, Canada Wireless Prices, Anthony Lacavera, Canada Cellphone Prices, Slidepollajax, Mobilicity, Wireless Spectrum Auction, Public Mobile, Canada Business News

Ottawa’s new rules for wireless carriers could mean Canadians will miss out on faster cellphone connections, a telecom consultant says, and some ind...

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Bell, CBC Team Up For Olympic Bids

CP | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.09.2011 | Canada
Read More: 2016 Olympics, 2014 Olympics, Cbc, Olympics, Cp, Bell, Tsn, CBC Sports, Olympic Bid, Olympic Broadcasting, Olympic Consortium, Canada News

TORONTO - Bell Media has found a new partner in the CBC as it prepares to bid for the Canadian broadcasting rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games....

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Shaw Abandons Plans For Cellphone Business

CP | Sunny Freeman, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.01.2011 | Canada Business
Read More: Wind Mobile, Shaw Communications, Telus, Videotron, Bell, Mobile Phones, Rogers, Wireless Industry, Shaw Movie Club, Wireless Industry Canada, Cellphones, Publc Mobile, Mobilicity, Wi-Fi, Eastlink, Canada Business News

Shaw Communications has pulled the plug on plans to launch a wireless phone service, favouring instead a less risky venture into Wi-Fi services — a ...

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Companies To Face CRTC On UBB

The Canadian Press | Posted 01.24.2012 | Canada
Read More: Konrad Von Finckenstein, Crtc, Ubb, Rogers Communications, Usage-Based Billing, Bell, Rogers, Telecommunications, Usage Based Billing, Canada News

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- MONTREAL - Independent Internet service providers contribute significantly to network congestion, and the price they pay to larg...

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An Era Of Wireless Competition? Wind Mobile Gets Key Backing

CP | Posted 08.09.2011 | Canada Business
Read More: Wind Mobile Rates, Wind Mobile, Wind Mobile Globalive, Telus, Wind Mobile Phones, Bell, Globalive, Fido, Wind Mobile Toronto, Mobile Phone Rates Canada, Wind Mobile Coverage, Canada Business News

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal wiped away a cloud over Wind Mobile on Wednesday and backed a cabinet decision to allow the...

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