HAMILTON, ON – Two weeks after launching select programming in high definition, Cable 14 reports that its viewers feel more engaged with their communities than ever before.
The 100% local channel, co-owned by Rogers Cable, Cogeco Cable and Source Cable, debuted its Clearly Community programs in HD last month and said in a news release that it has been “receiving very positive feedback from viewers ever since”.
“Cable 14’s new HD format offers viewers much better picture quality than before and brings other benefits, such as smoother motion, richer and more natural colors, and better sound”, reads…
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TORONTO – Al Jazeera English launched on SaskTel this week, making it available to over 97,000 SaskTel maxTV subscribers through channel 58.
The international news channel, which launched in Canada in 2010, is now available through Telus, Bell TV, Rogers, Cogeco, Shaw Cable, Videotron, MTS Allstream and CCSA member cable systems. Al Jazeera already reaches more than 250 million homes in over 130 countries around the world.
“Subscribers to SaskTel maxTV service now have access to Al Jazeera English’s comprehensive offering of news, documentaries and programmes from over seventy bureaus worldwide,” said Kimeran Daley, head…
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MONTREAL – The acquisitions of Atlantic Broadband and Peer 1 Networks drove results at Cogeco Inc. to new heights, the company reported last Wednesday.
The cable, broadband and radio company saw its fourth quarter revenue increase 41.5% to reach $504.7 million in the fourth quarter ended August 31st and by 30.4% for fiscal 2013 to close at $1.8 billion when compared to the same periods of the prior year;
Operating income before depreciation and amortization increased by 37.1% to $224.3 million compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, and by 31.4% to $797.4 million compared to the…
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MONTREAL – In a move that seems more like a shot at a competitor, Coegco Cable confirmed its “commitment to its customers' privacy” in a news release on Monday.
As Cartt.ca reported, Bell said last week that it is tracking its mobile customers’ web habits in order to deliver customized ads. Cogeco said that its confirmation comes “in light of a telecommunications company's recent decision to modify its privacy policy to allow for the collection of data on its users' TV and web habits and telephone pattern, a decision which has provoked recent outrage by Canadian…
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TORONTO – Fight Network is now available in high-definition for Cogeco Digital TV customers in Ontario.
The world’s 24/7 television channel dedicated to coverage of combat sports is now included in Cogeco’s Sport Life theme pack on channel 749, in addition to its SD position on Channel 121.
“We are so pleased that Cogeco Cable Canada has stepped up and added Fight Network programming in HD”, said CEO Leonard Asper, in the news release. “We’ve received massive interest from subscribers, as well as restaurant and bar owners who want to receive Fight Network in HD,…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco rolled out its residential phone service in the communities of Fergus and Elora in Ontario this week.
The company said that customers may select one of three packages starting at $13.99 per month, keep their current phone number, and have the option of adding features such as long distance packages and voice mail.
"We're excited to launch our Home Phone service in Fergus and Elora because we know it truly is what our customers are looking for: flexibility, choice and competitive price," said Anne Isabelle Roussy, Cogeco’s VP marketing and product development, in the announcement.
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EXTON, PA – The SCTE has announced the selection of its seven appointed and eight elected members of the Board of Directors for the upcoming 2013-14 term.
The Board comprises seven appointed directors, each of whom serves a two-year term, and eight regional directors, who are elected for one-year terms. The eight regional directors are selected from and elected by SCTE’s 13 regional representatives, each of whom acts on behalf of an SCTE region.
For both the 2013-14 and 2014-15 terms, Tony Werner, executive vice president and CTO of Comcast, has been newly appointed as a director, and Terry Cordova, senior…
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HAMILTON, Ont. – Cable 14 will launch in high definition on October 15th.
At noon that day the 100% local channel co-owned by Rogers Cable, Cogeco Cable and Source Cable will debut programming in HD. Cable subscribers will view their `Clearly Community` programs (some local outdoor ads are already touting it) at no additional cost on: Cogeco – 814; Rogers – 214; Source – 714.
Cable 14’s general manager Brent Rickert believes it was imperative the community station offer programming in HD to ensure Cable 14 keeps up with evolving technology and new viewing habits and trends. "The roll-out of Cable…
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WHILE THE CANADIAN WIRELESS world and the politicians who oversee it spent the dog days of summer 2013 barking at each other over policies they said were either wrecking the business or boosting competition (depending on your point of view) one player, Halifax-based Eastlink, remained largely silent.
While Eastlink is a big deal in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island especially, and does daily battle down East with Bell Aliant, CEO, Lee Bragg told Cartt.ca in a recent interview that adding his own voice to that cacophony would have accomplished little. And besides, even though he can’t side with government…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Network Operators Consortium has filed an application with the CRTC asking that a number of new regulations be applied to cable company ISPs who are not fairly treating its members acting as third party internet access providers.
The independent TPIAs (such as Teksavvy, Primus and Telnet) who provide internet service to their customers by purchasing wholesale high speed access service from the likes of Cogeco, Rogers, Shaw and Videotron say that either through malice or indifference their businesses are being seriously harmed by the cable companies and the CRTC must step in.
“This is necessary because ISPs,…
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