MONTREAL and TORONTO – The Cogeco Program Development Fund, the Independent Production Fund and Cogeco Communications announced Monday they’ve concluded an agreement to ensure “the sustainability of the CPDF's Canadian television production funding activities,” says the press release.
This new agreement will become effective on January 1, 2018.
The CPDF and the IPF had been co-operating with each other since 1992 by sharing resources for the processing of funding applications and the administration of the CPDF's program funding activities, which are supported financially by the annual contributions of Cogeco's regulated broadcasting distribution undertakings to independent production funds and the returns…
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TORONTO – Cogeco Peer 1 has unveiled an updated and refreshed version of its Map of the Internet app, a 3D visualization of the world's networks and how they are connected.
Built as an educational tool for anyone who has ever wondered what the Internet actually looks like and how it has evolved, the open source Map of the Internet app for iOS and Android brings to life all the networks worldwide that are interconnected to form the Internet. Users can explore where Google and Facebook are located on the Internet, in addition to ISPs, Internet exchange points,…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. last week announced its fourth quarter revenue increased by 1.1%, to reach $578.5 million, driven by growth of 1.4% in its Communications segment.
That was partly offset by a decrease in its media division and business sector.
Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) decreased by 2.7% at August 31, 2017, to reach $251.4 million compared to the same period of fiscal 2016. Profit for the period amounted to $71.1 million, compared to $80.7 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.
Free cash flow reached $51.8 million, a decrease of 41.1%, compared to the…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Connexion is extending its new UltraFibre 120 high-speed residential Internet package to more areas of Quebec as it continues to upgrade its network.
The company said Tuesday that it is boosting upload and download speeds on some of its residential Internet packages in select areas of Newport and Roberval, and launching its new high-speed UltraFibre 120 and unlimited UltraFibre 120 packages for residential customers.
Customers subscribing to Cogeco’s UltraFibe 40, UltraFibe 40 Unlimited, UltraFibe 60 or UltraFibe 60 Unlimited in these areas will automatically be upgraded to the increased speeds at no extra costs.
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TORONTO – Bell Media’s CraveTV is now available to Cogeco customers in Ontario.
Subscribers now have access to more than 10,000 hours of television content for instant streaming, including Emmy Award winner The Handmaid’s Tale and all three seasons of original series Letterkenny (pictured). Customers may subscribe to Crave TV through Cogeco’s call centre and log in on the Crave TV app with their Cogeco My Account credentials.
“This evolution in our offering is consistent with our ongoing commitment to better meet the changing needs of our customers, while offering them an amazing entertainment experience,” said Cogeco Connexion marketing and innovation VP…
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MONTREAL – When a U.S. branch of Montreal-based Cogeco Communications paid US$1.4 billion for the rest of the MetroCast cable network this year, onlookers wondered how big the company wants to grow down south.
Pretty big, CEO Louis Audet suggested Wednesday at an investor conference in Montreal run by CIBC. “We have the potential for our U.S. operations to become bigger one day than our Canadian operations” in Quebec and Ontario, he said. “There is sufficient acquisition potential for that to occur … Now you need to work hard and be a bit lucky.”
Cogeco’s first…
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MONTREAL – While some cable companies are eliminating community TV stations, Cogeco instead is investing in theirs and has renamed its community television stations in Ontario and Quebec to better reflect its ties to the local communities that it serves.
The 19 CogecoTV stations in Ontario are now branded ‘YourTV’ and its 15 Québec stations will now be known as ‘NousTV’. Cogeco made the announcement at the same time as it released its slate of new fall programming, available at Facebook.com/yourtvontario/ and Facebook.com/NousTVQuebec
“This change in the image of our community television…
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TORONTO – Cogeco Peer 1 has upped its Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) portfolio with a new web application protection product known as AppArmor.
DDoS attacks work by overwhelming targeted machines with junk data traffic. AppArmor provides an added line of defense for customers by helping to block application-layer attacks. Also known as Layer 7 attacks, these exploits target weaknesses in an application or server, with the goal of establishing a connection to monopolize processes and transactions.
"DDoS attacks are becoming easier to deploy, making them more difficult to prevent and trace," said marketing and innovation VP Bertrand Labelle, in the…
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TORONTO and LONDON, UK – Cogeco Peer 1 is teaming up with data analytics firm Brytlyt to offer its Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) database and analytics platform to help streamline enterprise data analytics.
The partnership is set to drive a joint commitment to innovation for companies looking to harvest business growth from the latest developments in GPU database and analytics software while simultaneously requiring a level of access and support, which bigger cloud providers do not offer.
Brytlyt and Cogeco Peer 1 are working together to address the core business needs that are driving the adoption of…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications has held a significant stake in Cogeco Communications and Cogeco Inc. for quite some time, but it’s now time for Rogers to sell that stake, according to one Bay St. analyst. Proceeds from selling the stake could go towards share buybacks, paying down debt or upcoming wireless spectrum auctions.
In a research note to clients Monday, Scotiabank’s telecom and media analyst Jeff Fan recounted a long-ago plane ride with Rogers late founder Ted Rogers, in which the company creator made clear his frustration at not being able to buy Cogeco outright – so that the…
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