Deborah Jessop

PC integrator eisa.com of has merged with Canadian ISP Cyberus Online Inc. to offer new products and services for Cyberus Online customers. “Our alliance with Cyberus is an exciting addition to our rapid expansion plan. Our goal of becoming the leading one-stop-shop for bundled communications services is driven by mergers with leading ISPs such as […]

EyeWire, Inc., a Canadian developer and distributor of digital visual and audio content, has been acquired by Seattle-based image content provider Getty Images, Inc. Getty Images uses its Web technology to create e-commerce enabled sites that allow customers to easily access and purchase images. “Becoming part of Getty Images takes us to the next step […]

British Telecom (BT) and Aliant‘s wholly owned subsidiary NBTel Global plan to share best practice and knowledge in government online services and technology across the Atlantic. The agreement enables BT to access NBTel Global’s intellectual property for government online applications, professional consulting and business development services, with research and testing facilities enabled by NBTel Global’s […]

Rogers Communications Inc. and Microsoft Corp. will work together in a $400 million deal to accelerate deployment of interactive services to millions of Canadian homes. The companies this week teamed up to provide customers with benefits from the combination of software, Internet technology and broadband digital networks. Canadian users will receive digital services combining the […]

Global Media this week signed an exclusive agreement with MCI WorldCom for it to provide bandwidth network continuity to the Global Media Broadcast Network’s streaming media Internet environment. The data communication services of MCI WorldCom will provide the Global Media Broadcast Network with transmission capabilities in signaling video and audio data to radio stations, television […]

Canada’s ACD Systems Ltd. has signed an agreement with Conducent, Inc., a U.S.-based company that integrates advertising and Internet functionality in software. Conducent’s technology will be embedded in ACDExpress, ACD’s instant messaging network communications software, and will permit the delivery of advertisements over the Internet to ACDExpress users every time they access the Internet. Advertisements […]

E*Trade Canada has entered into a strategic relationship with Canadian finance service Carlson Online to enhance the company’s market presence by promoting its service to Carlson Online’s audience. E*Trade Canada hopes to attract new customers through increased brand exposure and by Carlson’s offering of 6 months’ free Carlson Online Plus service to new E*Trade Canada […]

Sprint Canada Inc. launched a new portal site from THE MOST online offering personalized content. The portal site is personalized for specific financial, weather, news entertainment and other content. “The rapidly growing demand for Internet access has contributed to Sprint Canada’s success as one of Canada’s largest Internet service providers,” said Juri Koor, chairman of […]

After a review beginning last July, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has concluded that new media on the Internet are achieving the goals of the Broadcasting Act and are successful without regulation. The CRTC is concerned that any attempt to regulate Canadian new media might put the industry at a competitive disadvantage in […]