October 29, 2014 11 years ago

Capital Networks’ Audience software scores with Rogers

TORONTO and MARKHAM – Rogers’ sports scores and stats channel Sportsnews has settled in to channel 500 in the Rogers Cable lineup using the Audience software platform produced by… Continue Reading

October 29, 2014 11 years ago

Don Shafer to join Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame

TORONTO – Broadcaster, entrepreneur and community activist Don Shafer is being inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place during Canadian Music Week… Continue Reading

October 29, 2014 11 years ago

Hindi-language ATN Rishtey launches on Rogers

TORONTO – Asian Television Network International launched its newest channel ATN Rishtey on Rogers Cable this week. Rishtey is Viacom18's second entertainment channel in the South Asian entertainment space, offering… Continue Reading

October 29, 2014 11 years ago

AMI launches first accessible online media player in North America

TORONTO – Accessible Media Inc. announced today the launch of the AMI-player, the first fully accessible online media player in North America, and only the second of its kind… Continue Reading

October 28, 2014 11 years ago

Deepak Khandelwal joins Rogers as chief customer officer

TORONTO – Google exec Deepak Khandelwal will become Rogers’ new chief customer officer effective November 10. Khandelwal joins Rogers from Google Inc. where he is currently VP, global customer experience… Continue Reading

October 28, 2014 11 years ago

Shomi could launch as early as Monday

TORONTO – New subscription video-on-demand service shomi could debut as early as November 3, according to an invitation to its launch event received by Cartt.ca on Tuesday. Owned jointly by… Continue Reading

October 28, 2014 11 years ago

CRTC completes targeted policy review of commercial radio policies

OTTAWA – The CRTC has updated a number of aspects of its commercial radio policy in an effort to ensure that its approach is simple, effective and measurable. The Continue Reading

October 28, 2014 11 years ago

TSN to hawk sports merchandise, memorabilia

TORONTO – Just in time for the holiday shopping season, TSN has launched a new site peddling licensed merchandise, sports memorabilia and its own “lifestyle products”. TSNShop.ca will stock… Continue Reading

October 28, 2014 11 years ago

Montreal’s 94.7 Hits FM turns up the heat with new sound

MONTREAL – Bilingual radio station 94.7 Hits FM has dropped the hard rap in favour of family-friendly hip hop, dance and pop music under the new slogan ‘Montreal's Hottest… Continue Reading

October 28, 2014 11 years ago

CBC wins Olympic rights for 2018, 2020; will partner with Bell, Rogers

TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada has been awarded the Canadian broadcast rights for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced… Continue Reading