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ACTRA Announces Recipient of 2022 National Award of Excellence Award

December 16, 2022 Canadian performers will honour Neve Campbell with the 2022 ACTRA National Award of Excellence on Sunday, January 31, 2022, at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The Award recognizes an ACTRA member’s career achievements, and contribution to their fellow performers…
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Bell Brings Netflix Access to Fibe Subscribers

December 14, 2022 Bell today announced that Bell Fibe TV and Bell Aliant FibreOP TV subscribers can now access their Netflix accounts directly from their existing TV receivers. All Fibe TV receivers have been automatically upgraded to enable quick access to the popular…
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Bell Media and HBO Ink Deal on HBO Programming

November 20, 2022 Bell Media and HBO announced  an agreement in which Bell Media will become the exclusive Canadian home of all HBO programming on all subscription platforms into the next decade. Under the comprehensive, long-term agreement, the first of its kind for HBO…
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Rogers To Launch Live 4K TV with HDR

October 6, 2022 Rogers  announced it is bringing customers the next big thing in home entertainment with the launch of 4K ready gigabit internet speeds, a new 4K set top box, Rogers 4K TV and the world’s largest commitment to broadcasting in 4K…
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Netflix Adds New Original Series for Older Children

October 1, 2022 After recently announcing a slate of original series for the pre-school audience, Netflix Inc.  will add seven new original series for older kids beginning this December. Building on its partnerships with globally respected brands, Netflix will launch all new stories…
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Capella Acquires Incospec

September 17, 2022 Capella Telecommunications Inc  announced the acquisition of Incospec communications Inc., a Montreal based telecommunications distributor and systems integrator. Norm Slater, president of Capella, stated that “the acquisition furthers Capella’s commitment to the Canadian industry. It broadens our line of products…
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Ericsson MediaFirst Launches Next Generation TV Platform

September 10, 2022 Ericsson today announced the commercial availability of Ericsson MediaFirst, a next-generation Pay TV platform that transforms TV and video entertainment. Built using modern cloud-based architectures, Ericsson MediaFirst brings together the best of traditional Pay TV and over-the-top services, giving operators…
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Ericsson Releases ConsumerLab 2022 TV & Media Report

September 3, 2022 Ericsson   has today launched the latest edition of the annual Ericsson ConsumerLab TV & Media Report, representative of the views and habits of 680 million consumers making it one of the largest studies of its kind. A key finding is…
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CraveTV Now Streaming on Apple TV

May 5, 2022 Bell Media announced today that CraveTV  is now available directly on Apple TV. CraveTV customers who are Apple TV users can now access and stream their favourite CraveTV premium television programming in 1080p right from the Apple TV homescreen. “Our…
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Bell Media and Twentieth Century Fox TV Strike Multi-Year, Exclusive Content Agreement

February 9, 2022 Bell Media today announced a multi-year exclusive content agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution that will, in part, deliver past seasons of some of television’s grittiest dramas and laugh-out-loud comedies to Canada’s premium TV streaming service, CraveTV. The deal…