MONTREAL – Videotron, Bell and Cogeco were quick to jump on the CRTC-commissioned broadband report that determined that Internet service providers (ISPs) largely meet or exceed their advertised download and upload speeds.
In a statement, Videotron noted that the report found that its actual download speeds averaged 106% of its advertised speeds between March 15 – April 14, 2016, when the data was collected, and upload speeds were 103% of the advertised speeds.
"Videotron has been an Internet trailblazer: we were pioneers more than 20 years ago and were among the first to offer high-speed service in Québec. Year after year,…
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GATINEAU – The full results of a first-of-its-kind independent, national study on broadband performance in Canada shows that Internet service providers (ISPs) largely meet or exceed their advertised download and upload speeds.
Participating ISPs in the survey (announced last year and for which preliminary results were made public in the spring), conducted by SamKnows and which was commissioned by the CRTC, included all the main wireline service providers in Canada, with the exception of Sasktel, which declined to participate, said the CRTC in a press release this afternoon.
The data collected will…
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TORONTO – UK-based digital radio streaming service Radioplayer is coming to Canada after joining forces with 15 Canadian radio broadcasters.
Launching later this year, the free app will allow Canadians access to their favourite English and French entertainment, news, sports and talk radio stations from Central Ontario Broadcasting, Clear Sky Radio, Cogeco, Corus, Durham Radio, Golden West, Harvard Broadcasting, Larche Communications, Newcap Radio, Pattison, Rogers, Rawlco Radio, RNC Media, Saskatoon Media Group, and Vista Radio.
Listeners will be able to access live and past radio broadcasts across the country through Radioplayer’s browser-player, and on connected devices through the iOS or Android…
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MONTREAL – SEASONS, a French-language channel dedicated to all things hunting, fishing and nature across the world was launched today by THEMA – a CANAL+ company, perhaps best known here as the distributor of Planete+.
SEASONS has been on the French market for 20 years in Europe and other francophone markets and is being launched now to coincide with the start of hunting season, a key period for over 400,000 hunters and nearly 815,000 Quebec fishermen. The launch of SEASONS will also be supported by a large-scale campaign (print, web and grassroots).
SEASONS is available now from Cogeco Cable and starting October, the…
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OTTAWA – Rogers Communications and Videotron must go back to the drawing board for parts of their respective disaggregated wholesale broadband offerings after the CRTC said Wednesday that while some of their head-ends meet the criteria, others do not.
Telecom Decision 2016-379 comes after a proceeding to determine if Bell Canada, Cogeco Cable, Rogers and Videotron's proposed network configurations comprise of access facilities as laid out Telecom Regulatory Policy 2015-326 (the wholesale broadband ruling). That ruling determined that while wholesale broadband access would still be mandated, it would only be available in a disaggregated model going forward, meaning that no…
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WATERFORD, CT – Cogeco Communications subsidiary Atlantic Broadband has launched Gigabit internet service in Connecticut, but there’s no indication that its Canadian parent will follow suit any time soon.
Atlantic Broadband's GigaEdge's residential and Pro GigaEdge's business internet services are now available to over 37,000 homes and businesses in eastern Connecticut communities including East Lyme, New London, Niantic, Montville, Oakdale, Quaker Hill, Uncasville and Waterford, according to that company’s news release. Pricing starts at $89.99/month for new residential customers and $249.99/month for new business customers.
But with 120 Mbps currently available to 90% of Cogeco’s footprint in Canada and its top…
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Without a major regulatory change, the traditional TV industry here faces a chilling future
IF THE CRTC DOESN’T, at long last, review the 1999 New Media Exemption Order, the Canadian TV industry as we know it may well perish in the next five years, at the cost of billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs – all while production of Canadian content shrivels to whatever the CBC makes.
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission reached a compromise deal with the subscription TV titans in the States over the American regulator’s so-called push to “unlock the…
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TORONTO – Bell Media’s Investigation Discovery (ID) and Discovery Science will both be opening up for a four week free preview September 22 through October 19.
The timing will coincide with the launch of new ID series Las Vegas Law, Vanishing Women plus new special Adnan Syed: Innocent or Guilty? (pictured), featuring the convicted murderer and subject of the acclaimed Serial podcast. Highlights from Discovery Science include the debut of new series How To Build…Everything and Alaska Mega Machines.
The four-week preview is available through television service providers including Bell and Bell Aliant, Cogeco, Eastlink, MTS, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw, Shaw Direct, Telus,…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC shouldn’t bow to pressure from the vertically integrated (VI) entities and loosen any regulatory measures on their activities, according to comments from the non-VI broadcast distributors.
In comments to the licence renewals of the large English and French-language ownership groups (for which a public hearing is coming in November), the non-VI BDUs tell the Commission that in fact it needs to strengthen regulations ensuring the VI companies (Rogers, Bell and Quebecor) don’t exhibit any anti-consumer and anti-competitive behaviour.
Telus says the Commission has rules to ensure carriage contracts for TV channels are done on…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Communications Inc. have named Luc Noiseux as senior vice-president and chief technology and strategy officer, effective immediately.
Noiseux (pictured) joins Cogeco from Accedian Networks where he was most recently VP of research and development. He also held several senior research and development roles at Alcatel-Lucent.
At Coegco, Noiseux will be responsible for the development of emerging technology selection and deployment plans, and for the corporate strategy and strategic planning process, reads Monday’s announcement. He will also act as a partner and trusted advisor to officers and members of the senior executive team at both the…
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