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Bell Canada Enterprises President and CEO George Cope and Astral Media Inc. President and CEO Ian Greenberg attend a news conference in Montreal March 16, 2012.

Astral Media Inc. shareholders approve acquisition of the Quebec media company by BCE Inc.

The payment is one of several special sums Mr. Greenberg and his family will receive as part of the takeover, prompting one of Astral's largest shareholders, fund manager Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd., to complain to regulators that the offer is not in the best interests of all shareholders.

An audit conducted by Ernst and Young valued MLSE's TV channel properties at $51.1-million, according to documents filed with the CRTC.

BCE Inc, Canada's biggest telecommunications company, faces a C$100 million lawsuit challenging the legality of expiration dates for its pre-paid wireless services.

On Thursday, BCE Inc reported its first quarter earnings and discussed the following topics in its earnings conference call.

When Telus Corp. reports on Thursday afternoon it will add the final few brush strokes to the picture that is emerging of the communications sector in the first quarter.

The Toronto stock market was lower Thursday as a worse than expected reading on the American non-manufacturing sector trumped a slew of strong earnings reports.

BCE Inc, Canada's largest telephone company, said on Thursday its first-quarter profit grew 14.1 percent, lifted by strength in its wireless and media divisions.

BCE Inc, Canada's largest telephone company, reported a 14.1 percent rise in first-quarter profit on Thursday, on the back of strong results from its wireless and media divisions.

BCE Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter profit of $574-million increased by more than 14 per cent from $503-million during the same period last year.

The Competition Bureau is allowing BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. to proceed with their acquisition of the majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.

The 300 new hires to come in 2012 will approximately double the number of new jobs Bell has created in Quebec City in the last year.