Category: Media

Chapters is doing ebook too

The Canadian book will not miss this train and will be selling book too. I’ll come back to you with more information about the format they will be using. http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/ebooks At the first glance the title available look a lot like Eeader.com & Barnes & Noble

CRTC in the news again

They really want to please the public! CRTC won’t name firms in do-not-call probeThe CRTC is refusing to identify three telemarketers accused of willingly violating the national do-not-call list, according to a report by the Toronto Star.

Scrap the CRTC, petition urges ? Maybe it’s a little too far!

Why scrap? Fix it instead! We need an board like that. But it need to work. Can’t just let the system regulate itself. That’s why the mobile services are so expensive in Canada and that our Internet providers have free reign like they have right now. read this: Scrap the CRTC, petition urges An online…

Canadian cellphone rates among world’s worst

You think it will change? http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/11/canada-cellphone-rates-expensive-oecd.html?ref=rss The average Canadian cellphone user is paying among the highest bills in the developed world, according to a new international study.

CBC

AM is still alive in some places! http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/07/15/whse-cbc-tower.html?ref=rss The CBC’s top official in the North says the Yukon government’s move to extend the CBC’s lease for its AM transmitter in Whitehorse does not necessarily mean the broadcaster will scrap plans to switch from AM to FM.

ISP spying begins in UK, as Universal, Virgin ink a deal

http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4963 In a first-of-its-kind deal, Universal and Virgin Media have agreed on a U.K. plan that makes Universal’s entire catalogue available – DRM-free – for a monthly subscription price, while Virgin will take a more active role in identifying unauthorized downloading of the label’s music, The New York Times reports. …