Boycott based on "inaccurate assumptions", says Rogers

MONTREAL – The Quebec language group which took Rogers Cable to task this week for its distribution and placement of French-language channels in Ontario “unfortunately made inaccurate assumptions”, a Rogers official says. “I think the group didn’t take things in context,” Rogers communications vice-president Taanta Gupta said. “We’ve done a major re-alignment of channels, but we make these changes so that they disrupt the least number of people as possible. We’ve also moved some English-language channels .” On Tuesday, the group, Impératif français, complained to the federal government that the carrier is demonstrating “contempt” for the province’s French speakers. It sent...