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A Very Download Squad Thanksgiving

Tonight -- on the eve of Thanksgiving here in the U.S. -- we dug the digital packing boxes out of the closet to rummage and reminisce over Download Squad in years passed. In 2005, we gave you a list of 10 things you could do to spruce up Mom's PC ...

From GRANT ROBERTSON, Download Squad,  26 Nov 2008

Six Geek Movies on your Holiday Gift Guide

Face it, the geek in your life is a terribly difficult person to holiday shop for. So what is a Geek Gift Buyer to do? Buy DVDs! Every geek has a favorite movie or two, and often it's easy to quickly scan their shelves to find out if they already own ...

From GRANT ROBERTSON, Download Squad,  24 Nov 2008

Squeezed broadcasters to seek breaks from CRTC

Canada's national television networks are expected to ask federal regulators for leniency on their broadcast licences in the coming months, setting the stage for a potentially fiery debate as media companies look to cut costs. The arguments will be ...

From GRANT ROBERTSON, Globe and Mail,  24 Nov 2008

Corus joins cost-cutting brigade

Corus Entertainment Inc. has added itself to the growing list of major broadcasters that are slashing costs amid a slowdown in advertising spending, following similar moves by CTV Inc. and CanWest Global Communications Corp. in the past several ...

From GRANT ROBERTSON, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2008

Network TV faces reality of value erosion

Network television used to be considered unstoppable, a profit-generating machine that could gather tens of millions of people in one spot during prime-time like no other form of mass media. But as the economy slides into a recession, the TV networks ...

From GRANT ROBERTSON, Globe and Mail,  14 Nov 2008

CanWest's debt ($3,715,057,000) challenge

When Izzy Asper was on the brink of buying Conrad Black's newspaper empire in the spring of 2000, the founder of CanWest Global Communications Corp. met with his inner circle - his family - and delivered a stirring sales pitch for the deal. It was a ...

From GRANT ROBERTSON, Globe and Mail,  14 Nov 2008

CRTC was concerned over use of extra fees

OTTAWA Canada's national television networks made compelling arguments about why they should be allowed to begin charging monthly fees for their signals but the federal broadcast regulator says it was more concerned about where that money – up to ...

From GRANT ROBERTSON, Globe and Mail,  3 Nov 2008

New front in battle between networks, cable

Canada's cable industry is bracing for a backlash from the national television networks after regulators blocked a move by the big broadcasters last week to begin charging for their signals. CTV and Global Television sought to collect tens of millions ...

From GRANT ROBERTSON, Globe and Mail,  3 Nov 2008

TV networks denied bid to charge for signal

GATINEAU, Que. Canada's biggest television networks have been turned down in their bid to start charging cable and satellite carriers for their signals, a move that would have been worth nearly $300-million to the broadcast industry. For the second ...

From GRANT ROBERTSON, Globe and Mail,  30 Oct 2008

Our brand-new hotness

As Steve Jobs would say, "boom." Download Squad readers with keen eyes have taken notice; we've gotten our first full redesign in our history. It's green, it's hot and we luvs it. You can quickly jump to points of interest from the top of the page, we ...

From GRANT ROBERTSON, Download Squad,  29 Oct 2008

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