GATINEAU – While producers and others argued how and where the $220-million BCE/CTV benefits package should be spent, the two largest carriers without broadcast or specialty TV divisions warned the... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Cogeco Cable urged the CRTC to keep close watch over the potential merger between Bell and CTV in order to “preserve competition and protect consumer interests”.Appearing Wednesday morning at... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Tuesday afternoon, BCE president and CEO George Cope (who looked a little grey as he fought through a bad cold) was unequivocal when it came to MPEG-4 video... Continue Reading
TORONTO and MONTREAL – The sale of Corus’ Quebec radio stations to Cogeco Inc. was completed on Tuesday as planned, the companies announced.Cogeco acquired Montreal stations CKAC-AM, CFQR-FM, CHMP-FM, CKOI-FM... Continue Reading
ST. CATHARINES, ON – A new television station is gearing up to take on the cluttered airwaves of the Golden Horseshoe area of Ontario.Niagara News TV (NNTV), which bills itself... Continue Reading
U.S. CABLE OPERATORS likely ended up generating a record US$5 billion in commercial services revenue in 2010, up 25% from $4 billion in 2009, according to the latest data (figures... Continue Reading
MARKING A STUNNING break with the past, North American cable operators are now embracing telco-like PON (passive optical network) technology to deliver multimedia services over fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks. In a... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Cogeco Cable has become the latest BDU to add Rogers Sportsnet One to its programming lineup.Cogeco launched the five month old national sports channel on Wednesday in standard definition... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Despite stable subscriber growth, first quarter profits at Cogeco Inc. dropped by almost 30%.The company blamed the result of a one-time favourable income tax adjustment last year for... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Corus Entertainment said that it will oppose Astral’s applications challenging the CRTC’s approval of the sale of Corus' Quebec radio stations to Cogeco.Corus said Thursday that like Cogeco,... Continue Reading
