MONTREAL – With Industry Canada preparing to auction off new wireless frequencies in the new year (and nearing the announcement of the rules surrounding that auction), Videotron is keeping up... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Rogers Communications’ third quarter results released this morning show strong results right across the board. Consolidated revenue grew 13% to $2.6 billion, operating profit increased 23% to $984... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Back in January 2004, Rogers Cable signed a multi-year agreement with Yahoo! to offer cable's high-speed Internet access subscribers a co-branded broadband experience. Rogers Cable and its broadband... Continue Reading
TORONTO – TSN’s vice-president of programming and production Rick Chisholm has been named vice-president of broadcasting for the CTV/Rogers Olympic consortium. The two companies are working together to broadcast the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Ted Rogers said today that he and fellow Toronto billionaire Larry Tanenbaum have an agreement to pursue a National Football League team together, should they ever decide to... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Telecom Services posted a 13.2% increase in “growth services” revenues and a 17.7% increase in EPS from continuing operations in its third quarter report issued today. Growth... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The $375 million transaction to purchase the five Citytv conventional television stations by Rogers Media closed earlier today. it received CRTC approval last month.The stations acquired from CTVglobemedia... Continue Reading
WITH THE GROWING PROLIFERATION of so-called “free-to-air” satellite receivers – and the outright theft of both Bell ExpressVu and Dish Network signals with those falsely-named decoders – the Canadian video... Continue Reading
WITH THE CLOSING OF the Persona purchase by Bragg Communications (owners of EastLink) last last month, the Canadian cable industry lost one of its leading champions – and true characters.... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The 81st annual Canadian Association of Broadcasters convention kicks off this Sunday in Ottawa and runs through Tuesday, November 6th. (Cartt.ca, which is a media sponsor, will be... Continue Reading