Eastlink (company)

Bragg Communications Inc.
Eastlink
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1969 (1969) (as Bragg Communications Inc.)
1998 (1998) (as EastLink)
HeadquartersHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Key people
John Bragg, Lee Bragg
ProductsDigital Television, Cable High Speed Internet, Telephone, Cellular, Home Security and Automation
Revenue$310.6 million (cable); $273 million (Internet); $6.3 million (advertising) (all 2010)[1]
$53.8 million
Number of employees
1,500
ASN
Websitewww.eastlink.ca

Bragg Communications Inc., doing business as Eastlink, is a Canadian cable television and telecommunications company.[2] The privately held company was founded in Nova Scotia in 1969 by the Bragg family, and has grown since through the amalgamation of several telecommunications companies.[3]

  1. ^ "'We do not believe that as a privately held company we are required to share this information,' Bragg spokeswoman Jill Laing said in an interview Friday. She said the posting of some of the company’s financial details on the website is the first time the public has seen them." Source: Bill Power, "Bragg Communications earned $590m in year ", Chronicle Herald (Halifax), January 8, 2011.
  2. ^ "CRTC Ownership Chart: Bragg (Eastlink)" (PDF). 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  3. ^ Marlow, Iain (28 May 2010). "EastLink: The biggest cable company you've probably never heard of". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

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