MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has added two high definition (HD) channels to its Quebec channel lineups: RDI HD and ARTV HD.
“With 19 HD channels, including 13 French-language channels, Cogeco offers more French HD channels than any other provider in its Québec territory," said Ron Perrotta, vice-president, marketing.
RDI HD is Radio-Canada’s French-language 24/7 news channel while ARTV HD is a French-language culture and lifestyle channel featuring live shows, movies, documentaries, series and journals and is co-owned by Radio Canada (44%), Télé-Quebec (25%), CTVglobemedia (16%) and ARTE France (15%).
The two new channels will be provided at no additional…
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BURLINGTON – Cogeco Cable has reached a definitive agreement to acquire all the assets of FibreWired Burlington Hydro Communications, Burlington Hydro Electric Inc.’s telecommunications division.
The purchase price was not disclosed.
FibreWired Burlington Hydro Communications, which operates a broadband network equipped with next generation ATM and Ethernet technology, provides Burlington organizations with broadband capacity for data networking, high-speed Internet access, hosting services, ebusiness applications, video conferencing and other advanced communications.
This is the second municipally owned telecom net Cogeco has bought this past month, having recently agreed to acquire MaXess in Windsor.
Cogeco Cable will use the Burlington network to…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. earned $15.9 million in the second quartered ended February 29 as revenues improved 14%, or $33.5 million, to $271.9 million.
That compares with a profit of $34.5 million on revenues of $238.4 million a year ago. But the results a year ago included a one-time gain of $31 million.
In cable, revenue-generating units (RGUs) reached 2,624,885 with 56,196 net additions in the quarter.
The number of net additions to basic cable in the Canadian market stood at 1,869 customers compared to a growth of 5,277 customers for the same period last year due to the…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable said Thursday it had expanded its phone service to Ridgeway, Ontario.
The phone service costs $44.99 a month for customers who also take Cogeco’s high-speed Internet and TV services. Cogeco also has an introductory offer of $10 off per month for a year to subscribers who take the triple-play bundle.
Cogeco’s phone service includes unlimited calling in Canada and the continental United States, and features such as voice mail, call display, call waiting, visual call waiting and call forwarding.
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable said Tuesday it had completed the acquisition of MaXess Networx, EnWin Energy Ltd.’s telecommunications division in Windsor. The sale was announced on March 11, 2008.
“The completion of this acquisition represents a significant step for Cogeco Cable because it strengthens Cogeco Business Solutions Data services,” said Cogeco Cable president and CEO Louis Audet. “We feel it really represents a win-win situation, where both MaXess and Cogeco Cable customers will benefit from the new expertise the acquisition of MaXess brings. This acquisition is also perfectly in line with our growth strategy.”
Maxess Networx operates a broadband…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. announced Tuesday that it has been entirely released, without costs, from its obligations to CIBC as guarantor of Groupe TQS, contracted on December 14, 2008.
The release of Cogeco follows the repayment by Remstar Corporation of all sums owed by Groupe TQS to CIBC, Cogeco said in a statement.
Remstar won the bidding competition for the financially-troubled Quebec TV network earlier this month, and is now in the process of finalizing details of the purchase and presenting its proposals to creditors. TQS is 60% owned by Cogeco and 40% by CTVglobemedia.
Creditors will vote on…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable announced today the launch of its Digital Phone service in Bic, Sainte-Luce, Ste-Blandine et St-Fabien, St-Gédéon and St-Martin-de-Beauce, Québec.
Residents can now take advantage of Cogeco Cable’s all-inclusive Digital Phone offer for as little as $39.99 per month if they subscribe or are already a subscriber to Cogeco Cable’s high speed Internet and/or cable television service.
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable announced Tuesday it had acquired all the assets of MaXess Networx, the telecommunications division of EnWin Energy Ltd., which is the City of Windsor’s energy company.
Details of the deal, including the price tag, were not immediately available.
MaXess Networx operates a broadband network equipped with next generation ATM and Ethernet technology in southwestern Ontario. The broadband network has the capacity for data networking, high-speed Internet access, e-business applications, video conferencing and other advanced communications.
Cogeco Cable, which also offers broadband services in southwestern Ontario, plans to use the MaXess Networx to expand its service…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable launched its digital phone service in Huntsville, Bracebridge and Gravenhurst, Ontario, the company announced Tuesday.
Cogeco’s digital phone offer is priced from $44.99 a month for customers who are already high-speed and/or digital TV subscribers, but a promotion offer will give them $10 off their monthly bills for 12 months.
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TORONTO – Cogeco Cable has launched Family On Demand, announced Family Channel’s owner, Astral Media, today.
The new service will offer a minimum of 30 hours of programming from Disney, including Hannah Montana and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, together with popular Canadian series such as Life With Derek and Naturally, Sadie. Family On Demand will also offer entertaining and educational programming from Playhouse Disney.
The titles offered on Family On Demand will be offered to Family Channel digital subscribers at no additional cost so kids can watch their favourite shows as often as they choose.
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