October 26, 2011 14 years ago

Rogers reports “balanced” quarter

TORONTO – Profits at Rogers rose 29% in the third quarter, ended September 30, while net income was $491 million, up from $380 million in the same period last year…. Continue Reading

October 26, 2011 14 years ago

Rogers CFO Linton to retire next year

TORONTO – After announcing its third quarter results on Wednesday morning, Rogers also said that CFO Bill Linton will retire next year.  He will be replaced by Anthony… Continue Reading

October 25, 2011 14 years ago

Secretary-General Robert “the plumber” Morin, retires

WHILE HIS NAME MAY have been on every submission to the CRTC over the last four-plus years, few, if any know what Robert Morin thinks of Canadian cultural and… Continue Reading

October 25, 2011 14 years ago

Corus, Astral finalize content deals with NBCUniversal

TORONTO – Corus Entertainment and Astral Media both finalized multi-year deals with NBCUniversal Television Canada Tuesday for the linear and non-linear rights to numerous titles from the Hollywood studio… Continue Reading

October 25, 2011 14 years ago

Astral cracks billion dollar revenue ceiling

MONTREAL – Astral Media reported “record” revenue of $1.02 billion for its 2011 fiscal year, the first time that it has passed the billion dollar mark.

The Montreal-based media company… Continue Reading

October 25, 2011 14 years ago

CRTC 2011-206: Wireless long distance equal access not worth the effort, says Rogers

GATINEAU – Rogers Communications says the cost and effort required to implement equal access for a wireless CLECs is not worth imposing a similar regulatory requirement on other wireless… Continue Reading

October 25, 2011 14 years ago

CTV Saskatoon launches new morning show Monday

SASKATOON – CTV Saskatoon will also debut a new morning news show called CTV Morning Live on October 31 at 6:00 am. Co-hosted by Chris Carr and Veronica Jubinville, along… Continue Reading

October 25, 2011 14 years ago

CBC/Radio-Canada updates Parliament on its strategic plan

OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada appeared before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage Tuesday morning to provide an update on the progress of its five-year strategic plan launched last February.

The plan,… Continue Reading

October 25, 2011 14 years ago

Galaxie launches with three U.S. telcos

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Stingray Digital has finalized an agreement for its Galaxie digital music service with Hawaiian Telcom, Lumos Networks (formerly known as nTelos) and Paul Bunyan Communications… Continue Reading

October 24, 2011 14 years ago

Documentary fans, Canadian filmmakers, find on-line home

TORONTO – TVO is offering Canadian filmmakers and documentary fans an on-line home with the launch of its new Doc Studio. The on-line resource showcases documentary filmmakers and their work,… Continue Reading