Eastlink is a
Canadian cable television and
telecommunications company. It was founded in
Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1971, when it was issued one of the first cable licences granted by the CRTC. Through a series of acquisitions, which included the purchase of Amtelecom,
Persona, Bluewater,
Delta and
Coast Cable, Eastlink became the fifth-largest cable television provider in Canada in 2010, with approximately 1,500 employees working in offices across the country. As of 2010, it was the largest privately owned cable company in Canada, with 457,075 subscribers in nine provinces (excluding
Saskatchewan). It remains privately held by the
Bragg family of
Oxford, Nova Scotia.