TORONTO – On Canada Day (a day the company is fond of doing big things) Rogers Communications successfully completed the intracompany amalgamation of RCI and its wholly owned subsidiaries Rogers... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – In its application to purchase the five Citytv broadcast stations, Rogers Communications has told the CRTC it will voluntarily divest its two Christian OMNI stations in Winnipeg and... Continue Reading
FAIR IS FAIR, RIGHT? On Tuesday, Cartt.ca presented one side of the advanced wireless auction debate through an interview with Videotron CEO Robert Dépatie. On Wednesday, Rogers Wireless president Rob... Continue Reading
THE ARGUMENTS FILED yesterday with Industry Canada on each side of the advanced wireless spectrum auction debate haven't changed in a month, but circumstances have. Reply comments on the spectrum... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Business continues to boom for private radio in terms of national ad sales, which rose 6.1% in the third quarter of this fiscal compared with the same time... Continue Reading
THOSE IN FAVOUR OF an advance wireless spectrum auction that imposes limits on the big incumbent wireless operators were given a huge gift last week when word leaked out that... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – The best of 2006 were honoured over the weekend in Vancouver as the association of electronic journalists, RTNDA Canada, gathered to present and receive its annual awards. This... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Except for the five Citytv stations going to Rogers Communications, CTVglobemedia said Friday afternoon that it has closed the transaction for CHUM Limited, having satisfied all of the... Continue Reading
OTTWA – Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. has applied for a licence for another sports channel, called Sportsnet 2, which would primarily cover soccer, cricket and rugby. The application for the national... Continue Reading
By Greg O'Brien IF THERE WERE NO big bogeymen around to scare the federal government into re-jigging an open wireless spectrum auction to favour such things as spectrum caps, or... Continue Reading