The $3.4B deal, which includes debt, is one of the largest media mergers Canada has ever seen — and will significantly strengthen BCE’s clout in Quebec. With Astral, Canada’s top telecom company will ...

In a better, more market-driven world, BCE would have been given the chance to be spectacularly wrong — or right In its limited and superficial analysis of the deal, the CRTC said “A transaction of ...

Terence Corcoran: In denying telecom giant BCE’s bid to acquire the broadcasting assets of Astral Media, the CRTC stood athwart the 21st century communications revolution and said the revolution stops ...

MONTREAL -- Astral Media Inc. is reworking a friendly takeover by telecom giant Bell that's expected to see the Montreal company sell off some broadcast assets to win regulatory approval. The CRTC ...

MONTREAL – Astral Media Inc. is reworking a friendly takeover by telecom giant Bell that’s expected to see the Montreal company sell off some broadcast assets to win regulatory approval. The CRTC ...

Astral Media is reworking a friendly takeover by telecom giant Bell that's expected to see the Montreal company sell off some broadcast assets to win regulatory approval. The CRTC killed the ...

TORONTO (AP) -- Trading in shares of Astral Media Inc. has been halted after speculation that Canadian telecom giant BCE Inc. was planning to make a new takeover offer for the broadcasting and ...

Bell Canada’s parent has agreed to buy Astral Media, its largest content provider, in a $3 billion deal to lock up more of the programming carried over its media platforms and expand its presence in ...

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TORONTO, June 5 (Reuters) - BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecom company, is confident it will win regulatory approval for its proposed acquisition of Astral Media Inc and said it sees plenty of interest ...

TORONTO, April 11 (Reuters) - Two of Canada's biggest independent media companies handed in very different earnings report cards on Thursday, with profits at Corus Entertainment Inc plunging 81 ...