TORONTO and VANCOUVER – Telus and Cogeco Data Services have both stepped up to honour of Earth Hour on Saturday night.
Telus said that it will turn off all non-essential lights at 8:30 p.m. local time on March 26 at 28 of its major buildings across Canada in response to Earth Hour 2011’s global call to action in respect of climate change.
"By taking part in Earth Hour we are not only supporting a global initiative that raises awareness of the need for all of us to act responsibly, we are making a statement in support of environmental sustainability," said Josh Blair,…
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MONTREAL – Philippe Jette has been named vice president and chief technology officer of Cogeco Cable. In this capacity, he will be responsible for the company’s technological direction and strategic development, as well as the use and management of technologies for new and existing products.
Over the past two decades, Jette (pictured) has managed and lead business units and engineering organizations, telecommunications networks, and product and technology in Canada – through stints with Rogers, Bell Mobility and Bell Canada – and abroad.
"I am proud to have Philippe…
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PETERBOROUGH, ON – Luc J. Grimard has joined the sales and product support staff at Capella Telecommunications Inc., the voice, video and data systems distributor announced Monday.
Working out of the company’s Montreal office as the technical sales representative, Grimard’s primary role will be to provide bilingual pre- and post-sales support for digital technologies used in head-end facilities. Prior to joining Capella, Grimard was manager of digital services, and IT/technical support manager for Cogeco Cable.
“A large part of Capella’s success is due to our ability to provide expert technical advice and assistance to our customers, and Luc’s presence on our team will…
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MONTREAL – The Federal Court of Appeal has refused to hear an appeal by Astral Media to halt the now completed sale of 11 Quebec radio stations to competitor Cogeco.
According to a Canadian Press report, Astral spokesperson Hugues Mousseau expressed disappointment with the move, and accused the CRTC of “flouting its own policies and rules of procedure”.
Astral filed a motion with the Federal Court of Appeal last month seeking to overturn the CRTC’s decision to allow Cogeco to maintain a third radio station in the Montreal market. The move relaxes the Commission’s common ownership policy limiting…
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WHILE BRAD SHAW is now CEO of a much different Shaw Communications than the one his father JR and brother Jim built and ran, one aspect hasn’t changed.
No handlers.
As a journalist, I’ve interviewed many CEOs and other senior executives at large corporations. Most of them come to interviews with one or two others in tow who keep tabs on the interview or have other tasks. Nothing wrong with that, but it’s just not the way the Shaws do things. Never been their style. When a reporter calls the company with a question, invariably the president or CEO is the…
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TORONTO – While generating profit remains a key goal for companies, how you create profit is even more important according to a Cogeco Data Services survey.
"While generating profit will always be the fundamental tenet of creating and selling goods and services, our survey results show that for many companies, how you create profit is even more important," said Cogeco Data Services president Tony Ciciretto in a press release. "Canadian business leaders are now saying that finding innovative ways to boost productivity is a smarter, more sustainable route to profitability rather than focusing on just cutting costs."
"The more a company…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable announced Tuesday the launch of its Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 50 High Speed Internet (HSI) packages for consumers in Shawinigan, Québec, as well as its new Business Ultimate 50 package for businesses.
Cogeco says the three packages, powered by DOCSIS 3.0, offer advantages in speed and pricing compared to competitors. The Ultimate 30 package offers speeds of up to 30 Mbps for downloads and up to 1.5 Mbps for uploads with a monthly download cap of 100 GB. For the Ultimate 50 package, speeds can reach 50 Mbps for downloads and 1.5 Mbps for uploads…
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GATINEAU – Without indemnifying broadcasters and distributors and limiting their legal liability, ongoing development of a national emergency alerting system may be at risk, the CRTC’s hearing on Pelmorex Communications Inc.’s licence renewal heard this week.
But Commission chair Konrad von Finckenstein (a former judge) suggested that the whole liability issue may in fact be a red herring.
David Townsend, a professor in the Faulty of Law at the University of New Brunswick, who was appearing with the Canadian Association for Public Alerting and Notification (CAPAN), agreed.
“It’s overblown, but when parties are refusing to participate and really help the…
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NOT LONG AGO I ASKED A CRTC senior policy advisor I know how work was going. It was one of those just-making-conversation questions we all ask, but I was a little surprised at his response:
“Livin’ the dream,” he excitedly told me. Now, I’m not sure my facial expression betrayed my wonder at that statement and I don’t remember what I said next, but he continued to add that he found it exciting, interesting and fun to debate and then help craft what would become the “law of the land.”
Upon reflection, it shouldn’t have come as such a shock –…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable added 6 new high definition channels to its Ontario lineup on Tuesday.
Effective immediately, HD customers can now subscribe to NFL HD, Big Ten HD, eqhd, radX, Treasure HD and Oasis HD.
"Our customers just love the outstanding quality of HD Television and the experience it brings”, said Ron Perrotta, VP of marketing and strategic planning at Cogeco, in the announcement. “We always strive to provide them with the most interesting and relevant programming in the market. This is why we continually invest in this technology. With the addition of these channels, our goal is to offer more…
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