TORONTO – Independent specialty movie service Hollywood Suite announced today the launch of the new web version of the Hollywood Suite GO app (HSGO).
The newly designed VOD service is an extension of the premium movie channels and is available at hsgo.ca for Hollywood Suite subscribers from Access Communications, Cogeco, Eastlink, Hay Communications, MTS, NorthwesTel, Rogers, Shaw, Shaw Direct, Source Cable, Telus Optik TV, and VMedia.
“We are excited to offer our subscribers another platform to watch their favourite movies from Hollywood Suite, allowing them to experience their cinematic choices, anytime, anywhere,” said David Kines,…
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Chair's comments change the focus of the hearing, puts government, industry, on notice, to get their acts together
GATINEAU – The the second week of the CRTC's basic service objective (BSO) hearing featured a rare moment of reflection from CRTC chairman and CEO Jean-Pierre Blais which will now alter the focus of this hearing. Below are Blais' unedited personal thoughts, made just prior to Monday's lunch break.
Those of you who are familiar with CRTC proceedings will appreciate that it is unusual for Chairs to make formal remarks beyond those made at the beginning of the oral hearing.
But this is an exceptional…
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GATINEAU – Some 66,000 Canadians, or just 0.5% of Canadian television households, have signed up for the new slimmed down basic TV programming packages five weeks after they debuted, the CRTC said Friday.
The Commission asked ten of the country’s biggest TV service providers – Access Communications, Bell, Cogeco, Eastlink, MTS, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw, Telus and Vidéotron, to add up subscribers to their new basic television packages. These ‘skinny basic’ packages, priced at $25 or less, debuted March 1st amidst great fanfare touting choice and affordability.
TV service providers also began offering either pick-and-pay for individual channels or small packages of…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. saw its second quarter revenue increase by 7.7%, to reach $578.5 million in the second quarter of 2016, driven by growth in the company’s the cable and enterprise data services segment (which it now calls its communications segment)
The improvement of its American broadband services operations, combined with favorable foreign exchange rates compared to the same period of the prior year, helped drive results, says the company’s Wednesday evening press release.
Adjusted EBITDA increased by or 10.1%, to reach $252.1 million compared to the same period of fiscal 2015, and was also helped by the…
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Canadians are receiving the broadband speeds they're paying for
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The majority of broadband Internet services in Canada are as fast or faster than their advertised download and upload speeds, says a CRTC report on Internet services.
The preliminary report, released Thursday, found that most services from the country's major Internet service providers delivered between 109% and 122% of the advertised download speed, and that performance was largely consistent across all geographic regions of Canada in a mix of urban and rural settings.
Services using fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technologies delivered 119% of advertised download speed on average, while cable/hybrid-fibre co-axial (HFC) delivered 103%,…
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TORONTO – Cord-cutters or -nevers missing their live sports now have the option to buy Sportsnet Now, a direct-to-consumer service, without a pay-television subscription.
Launching nationally on Friday, the live streaming service (including the regular TV ad load) of the six Sportsnet linear channels promises select NHL, MLB, NBA, soccer and tennis events, as well as original programming like Tim & Sid and Sportsnet Central. Sportsnet Now will be available on tablet, mobile and online for a monthly subscription of $24.99 with no contract and a 7-day trial period. It remains included for existing Sportsnet TV distributors such as Shaw, Telus, Bell,…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Connexion has unveiled new TV bundles designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses and larger enterprises in its territories in Ontario and Quebec.
The new packages are customized towards clients' industry category such bars and restaurants, sports and fitness, retail, offices and professional services, and hotels and institutions. Clients may choose between pre-assembled packages of 10 or 20 channels in Ontario, and of 10, 15 or 20 channels in Quebec.
Cogeco is also offering an entry-level package named ‘Business Basic’ comprised of local and regional over-the-air Canadian stations, mandatory distribution channels, plus community and educational channels. Once clients have…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Connexion has completed its new free wireless Internet network in the Ontario city of Hamilton.
With over 300 hotspots, Cogeco said that the network was largely built by leveraging its business customers, and covers locations such as retail shops, restaurants and professional services offices alongside high-traffic streets, including King Street, James Street and Concession Street. An interactive map of Cogeco Connexion’s Wi-Fi hotspots is available here.
Cogeco high-speed Internet customers can connect for free to a Cogeco hotspot with any Wi-Fi-enabled device by signing-in with their “My Account” credentials. After signing-in once, their device will automatically be…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Connexion has won four customer service excellence awards from the Service Quality Measurement Group (SQM), marking the seventh time in nine years that the Montreal-based company has been recognized for the service it provides to its customers.
The annual North American Contact Center Industry Awards are based on surveys with customers who have used a call centre and employees who work in a call centre.
Three of Cogeco’s awards came in the Voice of the Customer Excellence category, based on the results of telephone surveys with customers within two business days of their contact with contact centre…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Connexion has completed its new free wireless Internet network in the Ontario city of Kingston.
With almost 100 hotspots,Cogeco said that the network was largely built by leveraging its business customers, and covers locations such as retail shops, restaurants and professional services offices alongside high-traffic streets such as Princess Street, Queen Street and Ontario Street. An interactive map of Cogeco Connexion’s Wi-Fi hotspots is available here.
Cogeco high-speed Internet customers can connect for free to a Cogeco hotspot with any Wi-Fi-enabled device by signing-in with their “My Account” credentials. After signing-in once, their device will automatically be…
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