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Winners & Losers: HBO nabs Sesame Street, Columbia House closes
▲ HBO Oscar would have fit right in on The Wire, though The news that HBO struck a five-year deal to air first-run episodes of Sesame Street brought out two main reactions in people. There were those...
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Digital video’s next battleground: live, real-time broadcasting
James Van Der Beek uses Periscope prior to the Dodgers’ Hollywood Stars Night Game at Dodger Stadium on June 6, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Noel Vasquez/Getty Images) In its earliest incarnation,...
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Aterlo Networks solves rural users’ Netflix buffering problem
(Orangefan_2011/Flickr) There’s a lot of talk about cord-cutting these days, but almost no mention of how the shift toward internet-delivered television might be affecting rural households. Getting rid...
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The world really doesn’t need a Netflix knockoff from Apple
(Apple) Another day, another Apple rumour. Or perhaps that should be: another Apple television rumour. This one, courtesy of Variety just ahead of Apple’s iPhone event on Sept. 9, has the company...
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How the digital age turns competitors into collaborators
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, delivering a keynote in May 2015. (Noam Galai/WireImage/Getty) “I have a core belief: People want to consume content over a mobile phone,” Rogers Communications CEO Guy Laurence...
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Even after its price hike, Netflix is undercharging Canadians
(Netflix) The tanking loonie is making it expensive for Canadians to buy all manner of U.S. imports, with the pain being particularly sharp in the technology sphere. Apple’s new iPhone 6S, for example,...
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Here’s how much people love sharing video and photos on their phones
Uploading video and photos is one of the biggest uses for mobile devices, according to a new survey of Internet use by Sandvine. (Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty) Broadband tool company Sandvine has released its...
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Canada’s most popular viral YouTube ads of 2015
Since YouTube launched skippable ads five years ago, brands that advertise on the platform have had to become more creative to get viewers to watch. With the year coming to a close, Google Canada...
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on the power of doing one thing well
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings giving a keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2016. (Ethan Miller/Getty) Netflix made big news at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a few weeks ago...
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How Netflix is dragging Hollywood into a global, one-market future
Netflix Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt. (Jasper Jacobs/AFP/Getty) There’s no doubt that Netflix was among the biggest newsmakers at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. The...
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Rogers gambles on a standalone digital streaming sports channel
Home run? Too soon to tell. (Stacy Revere/Getty) Canadian sports fans have some good news to celebrate, besides the opening of the Blue Jays season on Sunday. Rogers is launching Sportsnet Now, a...
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Shudder is the latest specialty streaming video service to launch in Canada
(Shudder) As the saying goes, when one door closes, another opens. In this case, that door is opening very slowly with a menacing creak. Shomi may be shutting down at the end of November, but horror...
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