MONTREAL – Cogeco Diffusion shut down its Sherbrooke-based radio station CJTS-FM Tuesday at noon after failing to find a buyer. The move puts a dozen employees out of work, the... Continue Reading
TROIS-RIVIERES – Cogeco officially opened its new operations centre in Trois-Rivieres on Monday. The multi-functional $18 million facility consolidates Cogeco Cable's Quebec telecommunications nerve centre in the Mauricie region. In... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Cogeco Diffusion said Wednesday that it has sold two of its four Québec City region FM radio stations to Leclerc Communication Inc. Financial terms of the deal were... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. may be trying to unload its flagging Portuguese subsidiary Cabovisao. According to a report by telecommunications market research and consulting firm TeleGeography, Cogeco is shopping the cableco... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Cogeco Diffusion Inc. (CDI) has agreed to comply with CRTC requirements around the use of musical montages in the programming of its French-language radio stations and take part... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC is restricting the use of musical montages by two Francophone commercial radio stations, and has kicked off a learning exercise on the French-language private radio industry... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Bell Media won its desired 690 kHz spot on the dial in the Montreal radio market, while Cogeco Diffusion was shut out by a newcomer for the 940 kHz... Continue Reading
THE REACTION TO THE CRTC’s decision to quash usage-based Internet billing in favour of a couple of other options (complete with set rates) has been all over the map, with... Continue Reading
LAST YEAR AT THIS time, Kevin Crull was into week three of his transition from long-time telecom executive to the leader of the largest Canadian broadcasting company.Now president of Bell... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. has completed a private placement issue senior unsecured notes for a total of $35 million. The company said Monday that net proceeds will be used to... Continue Reading