OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC will review Cogeco’s proposal to acquire nearly all of Corus Entertainment’s Quebec radio stations at a hearing starting Tuesday in Montreal.
The $80 million deal, announced in April, includes 11 radio stations in markets ranging from Montreal to Quebec City to Trois-Rivieres. Click here for more on Cogeco’s proposed plans, which also includes a request for an exception to the common ownership policy in the Montreal French-language radio market.
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TORONTO – Cogeco Data Services is kicking its customer service up a notch.
The data communications provider said Tuesday that is tweaking its service level agreement so that its four hour Mean Time to Restore (MTTR) clause will be reduced and changed to a three hour Time to Restore (TTR), for all new and existing enterprise metro LAN and managed wavelength customers.
Rather than working with averages, the new three hour TTR is a guarantee based on the actual time it will take to have an issue resolved, the company said. As before, technicians will immediately begin resolving any problem and…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has rolled out its home phone service in the Pembroke and Petawawa areas of Ontario, the company said Monday.
Customers may choose from three service packages, which start at a promotional price of $14.99 per month, and have the option of adding on various calling features. Installation is free of charge when combined with subscription to another Cogeco service.
“We’re excited to launch our Home Phone service in Pembroke and Petawawa because we know it truly is what our customers are looking for: flexibility, choice and competitive price”, said Ron Perrotta, VP marketing and strategic…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has rolled out its new, faster high speed Internet service in Windsor, Ontario.
Business customers who currently subscribe to the company’s ‘Business HSI Enterprise’ service will be upgraded to the ‘Ultimate 50’ package at no extra cost, while residential customers in the region may now choose either the ‘Ultimate 30’ or ‘Ultimate 50’ package.
Powered by DOCSIS 3.0 technology, the ‘Ultimate 30’ service 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. With the ‘Ultimate 50’ package, speeds for residential customers can…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco has offered a comprehensive new plan for the radio stations it plans to take over under its $80 million deal to acquire nearly all of Corus Entertainment’s Quebec radio stations.
The CRTC said Tuesday it will hear the application to buy the 11 stations on September 28. The stations involved in the transaction announced in April are: CFQR-FM 92.5, CHMP-FM 98.5, CKOI-FM 96.9 and CKAC-AM 730 in Montréal; CFOM-FM 102.9 and CFEL-FM 102.1 in Québec City; CJRC-FM 104.7 in Gatineau; CHLT-FM 107.7 and CKOY-FM 104.5 in Sherbrooke; CHLN-FM 106.9 in Trois-Rivières; and CIME-FM 103.9 in St-Jérôme.
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MONTREAL – Continued growth in Cogeco’s Canadian division helped to hold third quarter profits steady at the Montreal-based company.
For the quarter ended May 31, 2010, revenue at Cogeco Inc. increased by 4.6% ($14.6 million) year-over-year to reach $330.9 million. Net income of $10.7 million was virtually unchanged compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year, however, net income in the third quarter of 2009 included an unfavourable income tax adjustment of $2 million related to the certain items at the company’s Portuguese subsidiary Cabovisao.
Operating income before amortization grew slightly by $1.3 million, or 1%, to reach $127.9…
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MONTREAL – Coegco has increased the speeds of its high speed Internet packages for Quebec customers, and rolled out new business and residential Internet packages in Drummondville.
Subscribers to the company’s ‘HSI Lite’ in the province can now enjoy download speeds of up to 12 Mbps, while ‘Lite Plus’ and ‘Standard’ package customers will benefit from increased speeds and higher monthly bit caps at no additional costs.
Cogeco’s customers in Drummondville who currently subscribe to its ‘Business HSI Enterprise’ service will be upgraded to its ‘Ultimate 50’ package at no extra cost. Powered by DOCSIS 3.0, the service includes a faster download speed of…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco is one step closer to buying up Corus’ radio stations in Quebec.
The cableco said Tuesday that it has submitted an official application to the CRTC detailing “the radio broadcasting strategy Cogeco intends to implement following this major acquisition”. The $80 million deal, announced in April, includes 11 radio stations: French and English stations in Montreal (CFQR-FM 92.5, CHMP-FM 98.5, CKOI-FM 96.9 and CKAC-AM 730); Quebec City (CFOM-FM 102.9 and CFEL-FM 102.1); CJRC-FM 104.7 in Gatineau; Sherbrooke (CKOY-FM 104.5 and CHLT-FM 107.7); CHLN-FM 106.9 in Trois-Rivieres and CIME-FM 103.9 in St-Jerome.
"We worked really hard to chart a…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has brought its new, faster high speed Internet service to the Trois-Rivieres area of Quebec.
Business customers who currently subscribe to the company’s ‘Business HSI Enterprise’ service will be upgraded to the ‘Ultimate 50’ package at no extra cost, while residential customers in the region may now choose either the ‘Ultimate 30’ or ‘Ultimate 50’ package.
Powered by DOCSIS 3.0 technology, a technology of data compression that allows a more efficient and economical use of bandwidth, the ‘Ultimate 30’ service offers speeds of up to 30 Mbps for downloads and up to 1.5 Mbps for uploads with…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has added 26 new high definition channels to its Ontario HD line-up.
Effective immediately, Cogeco’s HD television customers may access History Television HD, MovieTime HD, CBS College Sports Network HD, TLC HD, KTLA HD, WPIX HD, and WSBK HD.
The cableco also revamped its ‘Super Sports Pack’ to include 23 distinct HD channels, each one dedicated to a specific sport, including NFL Sunday Ticket, NHL Center Ice, MLB Extra Innings, NBA, OHL, Nascar and U.S. College Basketball and Football.
“Our HD Television service continues to draw new subscribers every month, which confirms that customers appreciate the variety, quality…
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