TORONTO – At 9 a.m. EST this morning, Playhouse Disney began broadcasting its neat-o educational and entertaining programming for young children.
Owned and launched by Family Channel in Canada, the company flew Mickey Mouse in for the official launch as they flipped the switch on the channel this morning, first on Bell ExpressVu and then next on Mountain Cable. According to Family execs, Cogeco Cable is next.
Family and Playhouse Disney held an industry event last night and a public event this morning in Toronto with Mickey and some pals to celebrate the launch.
Playhouse Disney is a commercial-free,…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable’s call centres won a pair of customer service awards this fall.
Two of the them come from the Service Quality Measurement Group Inc. (SQM), an international firm that measures and evaluate call centers in several sectors.
Cogeco’s call centres, located in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec and Burlington, Ontario were awarded the Highest Customer Satisfaction in the Telecommunications/TV Industry Award, and the FCR and/or Csat Improvement Merit Award, which recognizes the best improvement in first call resolution (FCR) and/or customer satisfaction (Csat) greater than 8% over the previous year.
Cogeco accepted the awards this week at the SQM…
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TORONTO – CTAM Canada is hosting a seminar on “How to Market Television Services in a Multi-product World” on November 22 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Velma Rogers Theater (333 Bloor Street East).
The moderator is Harris Boyd (Solaracom) and the panelists are David Purdy (Rogers Cable), Gary Pelletier (Cogeco Cable), John Piercy (Mountain Cablevision), Domenic Vivolo (Astral Television Networks), Andrew Eddy (Corus) and Cal Millar (Channel Zero).
There will be time for questions and comments from audience members.
The event is free for CTAM Canada members, and registration will be available at the door for new…
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TORONTO – Join CTAM Canada and a panel of experts for a new seminar entitled: "How to Market Television Services in a Multi-product World."
When: Thursday, November 22, 2007
Time: 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Velma Rogers Theatre, 333 Bloor St. E.
Cost: Free to all CTAM Canada Members (To become a CTAM Canada Member visit www.ctam.ca for details)
Registration: RSVP to Kirsten McKernan at kirsten.mckernan@chumtv.com or by calling 416-591-7400 ext. 2587
Moderator: Harris Boyd (Solaracom)
Panelists: David Purdy (Rogers Cable), Gary Pelletier (Cogeco Cable), John Piercy (Mountain Cablevision), Domenic Vivolo (Astral Television Networks), Chris Fuoco (Alliance Atlantis…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has extended its Wi-Fi Internet access to the Kingston and Windsor areas with more than 100 new hot-spots, the company announced Wednesday.
The service, available for free to all Cogeco high-speed Internet customers in Ontario, has also been extended to all non-Cogeco customers on a pay-per-use basis.
Last March, Cogeco launched its Wi-Fi Internet access in Ontario with nearly 150 access points spread throughout Burlington, Oakville and Hamilton.
“Wi-Fi continues to grow in popularity as more and more people need an Internet connection to work, study or surf while they are on the go. We…
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BURLINGTON – Cogeco Cable has added Astral Media’s Mpix OnDemand today as part of Cogeco’s Ontario digital line-up.
All Cogeco Cable Digital television customers who subscribe to The Movie Network and Superstations Movie Package will have free access to Mpix OnDemand, a subscription video on-demand (SVOD) service offering classic movies which are five years or older.
www.cogeco.ca www.themovienetwork.ca
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MONTREAL – In an effort to reduce operating costs, Quebec private TV network TQS has abolished 40 jobs across the province, just as 60% owner Cogeco and its minority partner CTVglobemedia are embarking upon a review of their investment in the broadcaster.
Employees learned of the cuts from TQS president and CEO René Guimond.
“It saddens us to make this decision,” Guimond said. “We chose to act now to reduce our operating costs so that we can protect our programming schedule. If we hadn’t, the company could have been forced to take more drastic action.”
He laid part…
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TORONTO – They don’t say so directly, but The Movie Network’s upcoming marketing campaign meant to support its upcoming free preview weekend will also likely swallow up the launch of its new competitor, Super Channel.
Beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, November 9 and running until Sunday, November 11, the pay channel’s free preview event will showcase the network’s Hollywood-hit movies, HBO and Showtime programming as well highlight its on-demand and high-definition features.
“There is no better way for a potential subscriber to experience the value and entertainment of The Movie Network than to sample it for themselves and…
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MONTREAL – While things on the cable side of the ledger are clipping along nicely, Cogeco Inc. is now reviewing its options when it comes to Television Quatre Saisons, the Quebec broadcaster it owns with CTVglobemedia.
TQS is perennially the third-place network and compared to the company’s cable operations in Canada and Portugal, a small part of the Cogeco puzzle, but because of a challenging TV ad market in Quebec, its owners (Cogeco has 60%, CTVglobemedia, 40%) have retained CIBC World Markets “to assist in assessing the strategic options available to them in connection with TQS,” says the press…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco is making more than a few doubters eat crow these days, given its recent operating results.
When it acquired Portugal’s Cabovisao on 2006, there was a lengthy line of complainers decrying the company’s decision to branch out beyond Canada. But, results across the Atlantic have been stellar and the company’s Canadian growth has continued unabated.
For the fourth quarter and the full year of fiscal 2007, ended August 31st, consolidated revenue grew 39.7% to $244.3 million and 51.4% to $938.9 million, respectively. Consolidated operating income before amortization increased 40.6% to $102.4 million and 46.6% to…
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