MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. fourth-quarter revenue increased by 3.9%, to reach $524.5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 (ended August 31st) mainly driven by growth in the cable and enterprise data services segment through the organic growth from all of our operating segments, the company announced Friday.
Fiscal 2014 revenue reached $2.1 billion, an increase of 14.3%, “mainly attributable to the full year impact of the acquisitions, in the cable and enterprise data services segment, of Atlantic Broadband and Peer 1 Hosting which both occurred during fiscal 2013 combined with the organic growth from…
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BURLINGTON – After sinking considerable resources into building something of its own to connect TV to the web, Cogeco says in the end, it listened to its customers when deciding on the next generation of set top boxes.
“We surveyed our customers in Ontario and Quebec, and they told us they wanted this,’ said Louise St-Pierre, president and CEO, Cogeco Cable, at the company’s press launch of TiVo. “They wanted something that was easy, that connected them to their content, their show, their sport. They don’t care what channel it is on. They wanted that choice.”
Cogeco tried to give viewers…
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BURLINGTON, ON – Cogeco Cable is launching a Canadianized version of TiVo to its Ontario-based cable customers on Monday, with a French-language version slated to arrive in Quebec by spring.
The Cogeco TiVo service’s fully integrated search function will mine through live TV, recorded, on-demand and over-the-top content, including Netflix, to show users what programs are available to watch, reads Thursday’s announcement. TiVo will also help users discover new content by providing personalized recommendations, and automatically recording content that it predicts might be of interest to the user.
"Cogeco TiVo Service will be a game-changer in the cable market in Canada," said…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. has named Diane Nyisztor as vice president, corporate human resources, effective immediately.
With extensive experience in global human resources and expatriate tax for major multinational corporations, Nyisztor served as partner, international executive services at KPMG Canada prior to joining Cogeco. She has also held several executive positions with SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
"Following our recent acquisitions and continued growth, we now need to adapt our corporate structure to the evolving needs of our organization and of our employees. This new vice presidency is key in supporting and enabling the expansion of Cogeco moving forward as well as providing…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable could add wireless service to its mix as the country’s newest Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), a move that it said will help foster wireless competition in a market dominated by incumbent providers.
In advance of its appearance Monday at the CRTC’s review of wholesale mobile wireless services, Cogeco said in a statement that it will seek “the implementation of appropriate regulatory measures to allow it to enter the wireless market as an MVNO to offer customers more choice, better value and differentiated wireless services”. MVNOs are mobile wireless service providers that lease capacity from facilities-based wireless…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable is continuing its roll out of new high speed Internet packages within its territory.
In a flurry of press releases over the last week, the company said that it has launched its Ultimate 120 and Ultimate 120 Unlimited high speed Internet residential packages plus the enhancement of its Turbo 20, Ultimate 55 and Ultimate 55 Unlimited high speed Internet packages in Magog, QC, as well as in Belleville and Trenton, ON.
Cogeco also brought its Ultimate 120 Unlimited high speed Internet residential package plus enhanced its Turbo 20 and Ultimate 55 Unlimited High Speed Internet packages in…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has launched its Ultimate 120 High Speed Internet (HSI) residential package and the enhancement of its Turbo 20 and Ultimate 55 High Speed Internet packages in Brockville and Chatham, ON.
The company says that current subscribers will be able to benefit from this improvement immediately. The Turbo 20 and Ultimate 55 high speed package upgrade includes an upload speed increase from up to 2 Mbps to up to 10 Mbps, at no additional cost.
The newly launched Ultimate 120 High Speed Internet package offers download speeds of up to 120 Mbps and upload speeds of up to…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has launched its Ultimate 120 High Speed Internet (HSI) residential package and the enhancement of its Turbo 20 and Ultimate 55 High Speed Internet packages in Cornwall, ON.
The company says that current subscribers will be able to benefit from this improvement immediately. The Turbo 20 and Ultimate 55 high speed package upgrade includes an upload speed increase from up to 2 Mbps to up to 10 Mbps, at no additional cost.
The newly launched Ultimate 120 High Speed Internet package offers download speeds of up to 120 Mbps and upload speeds of…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco’s senior vice-president and chief financial officer Pierre Gagne left the company Monday for what was described as “personal reasons”.
Gagne has held the role of CFO and SVP of Cogeco Cable and Cogeco Inc. since 2009. Prior to that, he served as VP of Finance at Cogeco for over a decade.
"On behalf of the Board and our employees, I wish to thank Pierre for his contribution to the company”, said president and CEO Louis Audet, in the announcement. “I want to take this opportunity to wish him the very best in the next phase of his professional…
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TORONTO – Cogeco Data Services has finalized a five-year partnership with Quebec-based Laurentian Bank to manage its corporate telecommunications program, the companies announced Tuesday.
Cogeco Data Services has pledged to increase the bank’s data capacity across Canada through a secure and privately hosted network, plus upgrade its entire telecommunications network and the technology infrastructure that supports Laurentian’s 225 offices and 425 ATMs.
"As a company that processes millions of transactions for clients across the country every year, industry-leading technology infrastructure is essential to Laurentian Bank's operations”, said Tony Ciciretto, president and CEO of Cogeco Data Services and Peer 1 Hosting,…
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