Association says consensus was achieved
By Steve Faguy
GATINEAU – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ submission to the CRTC’s commercial radio policy has exposed a long-standing rift between large and small broadcasters, and one of them is speaking up to say the CAB’s comments do not represent them.
Leclerc Communication, which owns two radio stations in Quebec City and one in Montreal, owes its very existence to the CRTC’s Common Ownership Policy, which sets limits on how many stations in one market a company can own. When Cogeco bought Corus’s Quebec radio stations in 2011, it was forced to divest two stations…
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TORONTO — Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS) today announced the launch of AudioVelocity, a new digital audio platform it says is designed to deliver advanced advertising solutions and real-time measurement to radio and podcast advertisers.
Providing enhanced targeting capabilities, the AudioVelocity platform allows advertisers to deliver messages through streamed and on-demand content via connected devices across CBS’s portfolio of leading Canadian broadcasters and podcasters, including confirmed partners Rogers Sports and Media, Corus Entertainment, Pattison Media, Cogeco Media, CBC, Vista Radio, Radioplayer Canada, Golden West Broadcasting, Blackburn Radio, and MBS Radio.
“Radio already delivers massive reach, excellent cost efficiency, and demonstrated impact for…
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QUEBEC CITY — As a result of a $62.8-million joint investment made as part of the Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed program, 15,350 households in the Laurentides region will have access to Cogeco high-speed Internet services by September 2022.
According to the announcement made today, Cogeco will receive $48.9 million in funding through the program to deploy high-speed Internet services to the targeted municipalities in La Rivière-du-Nord regional county municipality (RCM), Les Laurentides RCM, and Les Pays-d’en-Haut RCM (the full list of municipalities is below). That suggests Cogeco is contributing the other $13.9 million to the projects.
Cogeco will take an inventory…
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QUEBEC – A total investment of $50.1 million from the Canada–Quebec Operation High Speed fund will see 6,930 households in the Centre-du-Québec region gain access to high-speed Internet services by September 2022.
Regional operator Sogetel will receive $24.2 million to provide coverage to 4,330 households and contribute $8.8 million of its own cash. Cogeco will receive $14.4 million to connect 2,600 households, for a project with a total value of $17.1 million.” The investments announced will accelerate the deployment of reliable, high-performance infrastructure in the targeted cities, municipalities and parishes listed in the annex. Over the next few months, Sogetel…
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LIGHTHOUSE COVE, Ont. – Construction has begun on the first of several projects to deliver better broadband to rural Essex County.
TekSavvy broke ground recently on its $2.1 million project to serve 540 homes and businesses in the community of Lighthouse Cove with fibre broadband, beginning by early 2022.
It’s part of a larger $19 million push in the county co-ordinated by SWIFT, in partnership with the federal and provincial governments as well as TekSavvy and Cogeco, to deliver high-speed internet to more than 5,170 underserved homes and businesses within Essex County. $8.5 million comes from SWIFT (which is of…
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QUEBEC and GUELPH – A $6.34-million joint investment from the Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed will see 2,510 households in the Côte-de-Beaupré RCM gain access to Xplornet’s high-speed Internet services by September 2022, the Quebec government announced today.
Xplornet will receive $3.8 million from the governments, with the rest coming from the company.
The communities to be covered by fibre include Beaupré, Boischatel, Château-Richer, L’Ange-Gardien, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Saint-Joachim, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente, Saint-Tite-des-Caps
Also today, Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) announced construction of new broadband infrastructure continues to move forward in Wellington County as Cogeco Connexion breaks ground to bring high-speed internet service to more than…
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QUÉBEC CITY — In the latest broadband funding announcement from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, a joint investment of $81.36 million made as part of the Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed program will help to deliver high-speed Internet services to 18,200 households in the Outaouais region (north of Gatineau) by September 2022.
The projects, which will be implemented by Cogeco and Xplornet, have a total value of $112.09 million, says the government’s press release.
Cogeco will receive $23.8 million in funding to provide high-speed Internet access to 2,890 households, while Xplornet will receive $57.5 million to connect 15,310 homes.
The municipalities…
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GATINEAU — The CRTC announced today in an information bulletin it is adopting a new standardized approach to monitoring linear community channels and on-demand community programming services, which will serve as general guidance going forward and will come into effect on September 1, 2021.
In July 2020, the Commission launched a proceeding to gather input on its proposed standardized approaches to monitoring community programming. The Commission received 10 interventions from Bell, Rogers, Cogeco, SaskTel, Telus, Csur la tele, the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC), the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS), the Conseil provincial du secteur…
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BURLINGTON, Ont. — In recognition of the important work being done by staff at long-term care (LTC) homes during the ongoing pandemic, Cogeco has launched a new initiative to deliver free lunches to employees at more than 40 LTC homes across Ontario, the company announced today.
Cogeco is purchasing the meals from local restaurants to help support small business owners at the same time.
Nurses, personal support workers, housekeeping and administration staff at the homes are receiving individually packaged lunches delivered to their facilities by Cogeco employees who adhere to all Covid-19 protocols such as social distancing and wearing masks, says…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Communications will get into the wireless game.
This afternoon the company officially responded to yesterday’s announcement of new CRTC wireless policies by saying it welcomes the Commission decision to allow regional players to invest in telecommunications infrastructure and spectrum to access the wireless networks of Canada’s dominant providers as something of a hybrid mobile virtual network operator.
“From the beginning of this comprehensive regulatory process we have been consistent in our view: all Canadians deserve the benefits of competition for their wireless services, including those living outside densely populated urban centres,” said Philippe Jetté, president and CEO.
“Cogeco…
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