MONTREAL – There may yet be hope that a group of Montreal-based entrepreneurs will launch a pair of news-talk AM radio stations in Montreal almost five years after the first was approved for a licence by the CRTC. Cartt.ca covered this back in July, saying then a launch looked unlikely.
Nicolas Tétrault, one of the partners in 7954689 Canada Inc. (known as TTP Media), posted (and then deleted) a video to YouTube last week announcing that the company has acquired dormant transmission equipment on the Kahnawake native reserve south of Montreal from Cogeco Media, and that…
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TORONTO – Cogeco Peer 1 is offering cloud connect for ExpressRoute, a secure and high performance connectivity solution for Canadian Microsoft Cloud customers.
As an Azure ExpressRoute partner, Cogeco Peer 1 said that it is now able to deliver a dedicated, secure, high performance connection to Azure, Office 365, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, allowing businesses to leverage all the benefits of a public cloud without the risks associated with typical internet connections.
"Cogeco Peer 1 cloud connect for ExpressRoute enables organizations to bypass the intrinsic security, reliability, and performance risks associated with the internet via secure, dedicated, low latency connectivity to…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC took matters in to its own hands Thursday, throwing out the wholesale high-speed access rates proposed by the country’s large cable and telephone companies in favour of its own.
In its decision, the Commission said that the proposed rates from incumbent carriers “were not just and reasonable” and that they were therefore revised downwards. It also expressed “significant concern” that that some of the companies have not conducted their cost studies in accordance with well-established costing principles and methodologies, and disregarded the CRTC provided Regulatory Economic Studies Manuals .
“Competitors that provide retail Internet services to Canadians using…
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TORONTO – Former Cogeco exec Antonio (Tony) Ciciretto as has been named president and CEO of TeraGo Inc. effective immediately, replacing Stewart Lyons.
Most recently president and CEO of Cogeco Peer 1 (formerly known as Cogeco Data Services), Ciciretto (pictured) also co-founded and was president of private investment firm TVN Group, plus held senior roles at Rogers Business Solutions and Bell Canada.
In addition to his role president and CEO, Ciciretto will also continue to serve as a member of TeraGo's Board of Directors.
"We are thrilled with the appointment of Mr. Ciciretto as the next TeraGo President and CEO," said Jim Nikopoulos, chair…
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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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