MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has rolled out its Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 50 high speed Internet packages for consumers in Napanee, ON, as well as its new Business Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 50 packages for businesses.
Powered by DOCSIS 3.0, Cogeco says the packages offer advantages in speed and pricing compared to competitors in its footprint. The Ultimate 30 package offers speeds of up to 30 Mbps for downloads and up to 1.5 Mbps for uploads with a monthly download cap of 125 GB. For the Ultimate 50 package, speeds can reach 50 Mbps for downloads and 1.5 Mbps…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable Inc. says it has completed the acquisition of Quiettouch Inc. that was announced on June 27, 2011. Quiettouch is a 27-year-old leading independent provider of outsourced managed IT and infrastructure services to mid-market and larger enterprises in Canada. A purchase price has not yet been disclosed.
Quiettouch will be integrated into Cogeco Data Services and complement CDS’ data centre, network and voice services offering. Cogeco says that together they will offer a wide array of services and capabilities designed to better serve the needs of the business market, including network infrastructure, managed connectivity and voice…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable added two new French-language channels to its high definition lineup Thursday.
TVA-owned Mlle is a channel designed for Quebec women passionate about style, beauty and wellness, while Astral’s Cinepop airs films from the 1950s through today, uncut and with no commercial breaks.
The SD version of Mlle is available now to all of Cogeco’s digital TV customers in Quebec, and Mlle HD and Cinepop HD will be offered to “most”, the company said.
"Mlle HD and Cinepop HD further enhance the French-language HD line-up our customers in Quebec know and love”, said Ron Perrotta, VP of marketing and…
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MONTREAL – Coegco Inc. has written off its Portuguese cable unit Cabovisao amid a third quarter net loss of more than $56 million.
The company said Thursday that the majority of its weaker than expected results were due to a non-cash impairment loss of $225.9-million for Cabovisao, as Portugal weathers a severe economic decline which has seen it require financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.
Net losses for the quarter ended May 31, 2011 were $56.7 million, compared to net income of $10.7 million for the same period last year. Excluding the Cabovisao write off,…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has reached a definitive agreement to acquire all of the shares of Quiettouch Inc., the companies announced Monday.
Quiettouch provides outsourced managed IT and infrastructure services including hosting, virtualization, firewall services, data backup with end-to-end monitoring and reporting, plus enhanced and traditional co-location services. Catering to mid-market and larger enterprises in Canada, it operates three data centres in Toronto and Vancouver, as well as a fibre network within specific business areas of downtown Toronto.
Cogeco president and CEO Louis Audet called the move in line with the company’s strategy of developing the business market.
“This acquisition will enable us to…
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GATINEAU – A code of conduct for vertically integrated broadcast and distribution groups, content exclusivity on mobile and the need for a skinny basic package were the primary discussion points discussion during the fourth day of the CRTC’s examination of vertical integration.
EastLink noted during its opening remarks that access to content is a “critical driver” of not only its cable distribution service, but for all of its services, and therefore rules need to be established to ensure equitable access to content.
“Programming services dictate contract terms requiring distribution in high penetration packages, packaging requirements and, in some cases, with the…
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MONTREAL – On August 31, 2011, most local television broadcasters will switch their current analog signals over to digital, Cogeco Cable noted today in a press release.
“Cogeco Cable wishes to inform its television customers that they will not be affected by the transition and that they will continue to receive their channels using the equipment they already have,” reads the press release.
“They will not need to change their actual TV set or obtain any additional equipment for any TV set connected to Cogeco’s cable service in order to maintain their current choice of channels.
“In fact, the transition to digital…
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TORONTO – Cogeco Data Services rolled out a new suite of voice and data services on Monday that it says will help businesses reduce complexity and work more efficiently.
The new managed services include a Layer 3 MPLS-based connection with class of service capabilities intended to help businesses prioritize data traffic in an optimal way. The IP-based VPN service allows customers to extend their organization’s infrastructure by connecting multiple locations, such as branch offices, vendors and suppliers over a secure and fully managed network.
They also include a managed Ethernet service, a Layer 2 MPLS-based connection that enables customers to control…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable is launching its Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 50 high speed Internet packages for consumers in North Bay, ON, as well as its new Business Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 50 packages for businesses.
Powered by DOCSIS 3.0, Cogeco says the packages offer advantages in speed and pricing compared to competitors. Ultimate 30 package offers speeds of up to 30 Mbps for downloads and up to 1.5 Mbps for uploads with a monthly download cap of 125 GB. For the Ultimate 50 package, speeds can reach 50 Mbps for downloads and 1.5 Mbps for uploads with a…
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MONTREAL – Two of the country’s largest radio broadcasters are calling on the CRTC to make changes to its commercial radio policy.
After appearing in front of the Commission last week to week to reaffirm their respective compliance with the radio policy on French-language music content, Astral Radio and Cogeco Diffusion both suggested that the policy needs to be updated to reflect the shift in tastes and music listening habits of French-language listeners that are increasingly being to world and English-language music.
“An overall review has become all the more necessary because the radio industry is currently undergoing significant changes”, reads…
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