Cable / Telecom News

Rogers extends media deal with MBS

TORONTO – Media planning and buying for Rogers Wireless, Rogers Cable, Rogers Telecom and Rogers Media, will continue to be done by MBS, thanks to a new agreement announced Thursday,... Continue Reading

Aliant rebounds in ’05

SAINT JOHN - Consolidated revenues for 2005 at Aliant were up 3.1% year over year and net income increased 52.6% to $199.4 million for the twelve-month period ended December 2005.... Continue Reading

SCTE debuts new CE member programs

EXTON, Pa. - The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers announced Wednesday that it has introduced two members-only affinity programs to benefit the group’s more than 15,000 members. “These exciting programs... Continue Reading

Canada’s cable games all set

MISSISSAUGA – While the Olympics and Commonwealth Games will be just finished by the end of March, the important games for Ontario cable techs will be just beginning: the 2006... Continue Reading

CHUM buys Rachael Ray

TORONTO – CHUM Television has purchased the new talk show by Rachael Ray, who looks like she could be the Martha of the new Millennium, from CBS Paramount International Television.... Continue Reading

Higher learning?

TORONTO – If you see anyone in a Ryerson University jacket lurking around your cable system taps or curbside boxes, maybe you should call the cops. An article in one... Continue Reading

HD/PVR set tops drive global growth

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Sustained North American demand for high-end digital cable set top boxes that include PVRs and/or high definition capability, coupled with modestly increasing demand in Asia, is fueling... Continue Reading