Shaw Communications and GT Group Telecom have inked a $760-million deal to combine Shaw FiberLink, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shaw, with gt, a facilities-based telecommunications service provider….

Montreal: Some 1,300 television and radio technicians and trade workers with Syndicat des Technicians et Artisans du Reseau Francais de Radio-Canada (starf) in Quebec and New Brunswick went out on an unlimited general strike Thursday evening, Dec. 30, disrupting Radio-Canada’s 10…

As an ngo delegate at the recent ill-fated wto trade discussions held in Seattle, I have been intrigued by the media’s interpretation of the results of the meeting, or lack thereof….

Credit where due…

Every year when the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television announces Genie Award nominations (or the Prix Gemeaux and Gemini Awards), the press and the industry abound with conflicting opinion about what should or should not have been nominated….

MipAsia saw a 10% rise in the number of buyers who made it out to Singapore for the sixth edition of the market, which took place Dec. 8-10. A total of 793 companies represented 50 countries at the event. MipAsia 2000…

* The board of directors of Telefilm Canada has elected Jeanine C. Beaubien vice-chairperson of the agency replacing the late Laetitia Cyr. Elvira Sanchez de Malicki has been appointed to succeed Beaubien as chairperson of the audit and finance committee….

Montreal: Behaviour Communications has completed the sale of its Canadian film distribution operations to Industry Entertainment (jdr)….

Montreal: Canada’s fourth largest cable operator, Cogeco Cable, has unveiled plans to invest $136 million in the year ahead, a 41% increase over capital expenditures in ’99….

CTV and Blue Zone Productions have inked an interactive television and broadband news website development deal….

Montreal: Caisse de Depot subsidiary Capital Communications cdpq and Fonds d’investissement de la culture et des communications (ficc) have announced investments of $4 million and $1 million, respectively, in Montreal special effects producer Tubes Images….

In an effort to ‘prove that the cbc is a cost-conscious operator that uses the best worldwide business practices,’ the pubcaster is creating a task force to examine its operations. So says newly appointed president Robert Rabinovitch in an internal memo…