HAMILTON – Community television will never be the same in Canada.
Cable 14 Now launched Tuesday in the Steel City allowing Hamiltonians the opportunity to watch live and on-demand HD video of local content on web-connected devices at their convenience. The online service is the product of three local companies working together as Cable 14 partnered with Clearcable networks in Hamilton and Ancaster’s Hifyre, a digital media company.
“This will allow the cross-pollination of community channels across the country,” Rob McCann, president of Clearcable told Cartt.ca at the launch event. “We will be launching another (online service) in Quebec…
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TROIS-RIVIÈRES, QC – Cogeco Cable has completed the high definition upgrade of its network of local TV stations in Quebec.
The company said Monday that upgrading the 15 TVCOGECO stations in the province took five years and represents an investment of $5 million. As a result, Cogeco's customers can now view exclusive HD content on both channel 555 and on Cogeco On Demand channel 602.
"TVCOGECO shows the importance that we attach to our communities," said Cogeco Cable president and CEO Louise St-Pierre, in the news release. "TVCOGECO stations unquestionably serve as drivers of local development by maintaining jobs and mobilizing…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable subsidiaries Cogeco Data Services and Peer 1 Hosting officially opened a new 100,000-square-foot data centre in Kirkland, on the island of Montreal, Friday.
The 100,000-square-foot centre is the first in Canada to offer consumption-based power billing, the most technologically advanced in the region, and represents a commitment in the order of more than $100 million over time, reads the news release.
The ideal location for customers designing a data hosting, disaster recovery or business continuity solution, the facility is designed for a capacity of up to 16.5 Mega Watts, built to Tier 3 standards and backed by…
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MONTREAL – Videotron has announced plans to build a new data centre in Montreal designed to provide the colocation solutions that businesses need for the hosting and processing of mounting masses of mission-critical data.
The $40 million investment, unveiled Wednesday, is the second phase of a process launched in March when the company bought the 4Degrees data centre in Quebec City, and the recently announced expansion of that facility.
Located in Technoparc Montréal in Saint-Laurent borough, the new data centre will have an area of 4,000 square metres and an available load of 16 megawatts. By linking the new facility to…
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HAMILTON – Cable 14 is gearing up to launch an online service that will allow viewers in the Hamilton area to watch live and on demand video from any web-connected device.
Dubbed Cable 14 Now, the service will debut September 22 to Rogers and Cogeco subscribers in the region at no charge. With programming ranging from election coverage to OHL hockey, in addition to Cable 14’s live web streaming capabilities, regular programming content will also be available on an on demand basis within 48 hours of its linear broadcast.
"Research shows that today's consumers are viewing content and programming in a…
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TORONTO – Today Hollywood Suite announced that its four HD movie channels will be relaunched on November 2nd as Hollywood Suite 70s Movies, Hollywood Suite 80s Movies, Hollywood Suite 90s Movies and Hollywood Suite 2000s Movies.
Right now, the channel branding is Warner Films, MGM Channel Sony Movie Channel and AXN Movies.
“With a focus on consumer choice in an era of vigorous competition and regulatory change, the new unified and simplified Hollywood Suite brands will create an emotional connection with consumers by leveraging the nostalgic value of the greatest films of the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s,” said Hollywood Suite…
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OTTAWA – It’s rare when the incumbent wireless carriers and the new entrants find themselves on the same side of an issue, but the response to a Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) appeal of the CRTC’s wholesale wireless decision last month is one of those occasions where the normally combative firms see eye to eye.
CNOC has appealed portions Telecom Regulatory Policy 2015-177, saying the Commission erred in fact and made errors of law in not granting mandated mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) access to the radio access networks (RANs) of the wireless carriers. The second…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – Disney Channel and La chaîne Disney officially arrived in Canada this week.
Corus Entertainment said that the channels are available in most markets now, and will be available in 10 million households by Thursday via distribution partners Bell Aliant, Bell Fibe TV, Bell Satellite TV, CCSA members including Eastlink and Access, Cogeco Cable Canada, MTS, Rogers, Shaw, Shaw Direct, Telus and Videotron. SaskTel customers will have access to the new service in the coming weeks.
Disney Channel is a 24-hour kid-driven, family-inclusive television network that taps into the world of kids and families through original series and…
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A BRIDGE IS A musical term meaning a bit of a song which gets you from the verse back to the chorus. We thought the term was a good one to characterize Peter Bissonnette, an accomplished musician, as well as the outgoing president of Shaw Communications (his official last day was yesterday).
Bissonnette has worked in cable for more than 30 years, the last 25 of which for Shaw Communications. He’s been president of the company since 2000, working under company founder JR, and then both his sons, Jim and Brad Shaw – and has much prior experience working for…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable subsidiary Atlantic Broadband has completed the acquisition of the cable system owned by MetroCast Communications.
The US$200 million deal, announced in June, will see Atlantic Broadband expand to approximately 565,000 primary service units (PSU) in five operating regions – Western Pennsylvania, Miami Beach, Maryland/Delaware, Aiken, S.C. and Eastern Connecticut.
“Nearly three years after our initial entry into the U.S. market, we are pleased to be continuing our geographic expansion into key growth markets," said Cogeco Cable Inc. president and CEO Louis Audet, in Thursday’s announcement. "This transaction enhances our growth profile through the planned launch of…
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