TORONTO – Top line results from the Canadian radio ratings across Canada won’t cause too many PDs to break into a sweat.
A few top line (A12+) ratings share highlights:
* Cogeco’s CJMF-FM 93.3 (Rock and Talk) saw a nice spike to a rating of 13.8, up from its S1 showing of 10.8 and well ahead of a year ago, when it came in with a 7.1 showing
* Astral’s English-language Montreal rock station, CHOM-FM rebounded in the ratings to an 11.8 in this book. That’s up from S1’s 9.9 rating but still well off S2 2007’s 14.
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OTTAWA – A review of broadcasting in new media is utterly unnecessary, says an unprecedented joint submission to the CRTC by Canada’s largest Internet service providers.
Friday was the deadline for submissions on PN 2008-44, which only asked for comments on what the scope of any future proceeding on Canadian broadcasting in new media might be. The Commission wants advice on what questions it might ask when it decides to undertake a review of what new media is doing to broadcasting and what Canadian regulations might have to say about it. At this point, it doesn’t want to…
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TORONTO – Sounding not unlike the advice sometimes given in its namesake magazine (er, not that we’d know for sure…) Corus Entertainment CEO John Cassaday said he isn’t willing to “settle” for an average distribution deal when it comes to the company’s youngest digi-net, Cosmopolitan TV.
While the channel is carried by corporate relative Shaw Communications as well as Bell ExpressVu, neither Rogers Cable nor Cogeco Cable in the east, for example, carries the channel, which was launched on Valentine’s Day this year, and was profiled by Cartt.ca.
While Cassaday wasn’t specific about the carriage terms Corus is demanding…
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MONTREAL – Revenue at cable company and radio broadcaster Cogeco Inc. increased by 13.8% to $284 million in the third quarter and by 13.6% to $816 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2008, ended May 31st.
Operating income from continuing operations before amortization grew by 22.4% to $117.2 million in the third quarter and by 21.1% to $327.8 million for the first nine months. Free cash flow reached $37.1 million in the third quarter and $79.5 million for the first nine months.
In the company’s cable sector – which is by far the largest division of the…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has added three new on-demand channels, Food Network On Demand, HGTV On Demand and National Geographic Channel On Demand, to its Ontario digital line-up.
Digital cable customers to these three channels can watch some of the most popular programs on the channels free any time they want with Cogeco On Demand.
Subscribers have access to 40 hours of content at all times for each of the channels.
Food Network On Demand is on channel 665, HGTV On Demand on channel 664 and National Geographic Channel On Demand on channel 678 or from the VOD main menu…
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MONTREAL and TORONTO – After the close of trading on Friday, Cogeco Cable announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire all of the shares of Toronto Hydro Telecom, the telecommunications subsidiary of Toronto Hydro Corporation for $200 million.
The deal is subject to certain conditions, including regulatory approval by the commissioner of Competition. The purchase price represents a 9.6 multiple of the projected fiscal 2008 EBITDA of THTI. In addition, Cogeco Cable will assume a working capital deficiency and liabilities of approximately $4 million.
THT offers data communications and other telecommunications services such as Ethernet, private line,…
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HAMILTON – The winner of the 2008 Cartt.ca Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers Cable-Tec Expo editorial internship is Christian Isla of Clearcable Networks.
Cartt.ca, the Canadian cable, radio, television and telecom industry’s leading news source, each year offers one member of the Ontario Chapter of the SCTE the chance to attend the annual Cable-Tec Expo, the premier cable telecommunications technical trade show.
This year it is being held June 24-27 in Philadelphia.
This is an annual opportunity aimed at those technicians or young engineers whose company might not normally send them to this conference. We began in 2007 when…
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TORONTO – “National radio has now posted eight consecutive quarters of positive growth. That’s the longest stretch since Q1 of 2002,” said Patrick Grierson, president of Canadian Broadcast Sales. “What’s noteworthy is that this growth has been steady, stable and sustainable with no volatility. We’re projecting Q4 to remain on this positive pace and result in a 9% annual growth.”
National radio sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2008, ended February 29th, grew 8.7% as compared to Q3 2007.
‘Radio’s resilience is a major factor in this stable growth. Normal quarterly churn is approximately 40%. In Q3, only…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable promoted 10 people internally during the months of May and June 2008.
They are as follows:
Ron Perrotta, who has been Vice President, Marketing of Cogeco Cable since 2002, is appointed Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Planning. In this expanded role, he will also be responsible for Cogeco Cable’s strategic planning.
Gary Pelletier is appointed Director, International Markets. In this role, he will be Cogeco Cable’s prime liaison with its current and potential assets abroad. Pelletier joined Cogeco Cable in 2003 and was previously Director, Product Marketing – Cable Television and High Speed Internet.
Louise Desilets…
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BANFF – Former CHUM president and CEO Jay Switzer and former Standard Broadcasting president and CEO Gary Slaight are among a group of Canadian broadcast executives who have invested $5 million in GlassBOX Television, which runs digital specialty service Bite TV.
Other executives contributing the new venture and strategic capital to GlassBOX are former Alliance Atlantis Communications executive managing director of international television Ted Riley, former XM Radio Canada president and COO Stephen Tapp, and former QuickPlay executive Raja Khanna.
Khanna was named co-CEO of GlassBOX. Tapp, who also headed Chum Television, will be an advisor to the company…
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