MONTREAL ? Cogeco Cable announced it has expanded content for its On Demand Online service to include almost 3,000 television show and movies for its digital TV subscribers.
The catalogue of shows include already broadcasted content from The Movie Network On Demand, HBO Canada On Demand, Treehouse On Demand, Global On Demand, Super Ecran On Demand, Teletoon On Demand and Radio Canada On Demand.
Cogeco says content from available on demand channels is updated regularly, with content from new VOD channels being progressively added to the online service. The cableco?s on demand online…
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MONTREAL – If you live in Quebec and happen to notice a slight improvement in your internet service, it may be due to the launch of the province’s first Internet Exchange Point (IXP) today.
The Montreal Internet Exchange, a non-profit organization working to create a more robust, higher-performing Internet in Quebec, along with its partners, officially launched the first Quebec Internet Exchange Point, bringing faster Internet to users across the province.
“The launch of the Montreal Internet Exchange, also known as QIX, is a critical step towards creating a faster, more robust Internet, not just…
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THE SIZE OF GLOBAL cable companies has always been defined by the number of basic cable customers they have. For decades, basic cable has been the first buy-in for any household wanting more than the TV channels they can capture off-air.
That, however, is changing. Today’s customers often want to talk about broadband first because increasingly, they want their web and e-mail before their favourite shows. Besides, they can often find those favourite shows online via that broadband connection, negating the need for traditional cable TV service of any kind, depending on what sort of entertainment they like.
Shaw Communications CFO…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable Inc. announced today it is proposing a private offering of US$400 million of senior unsecured notes due 2020. The notes will be guaranteed by the company’s wholly-owned restricted subsidiaries.
Cogeco said it will use the net proceeds from the offering to partially repay a term loan the company entered into with its acquisition of Peer 1 Network Enterprises in January. The notes and guarantees will be offered only to “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A under the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. reports that second quarter revenue increased by 32.7% to $458.5 million, and by 19.3% in the first six months to reach $825.1 million. Earnings from continuing operations for the quarter that ended February 28 were $58.5 million compared to $31.1 million a year earlier. It mostly attributes the increase for the quarter to the operating income from the recent acquisitions of ABB and Peer 1.
If the two acquisitions are not factored in, profit dropped by about $25 million in the quarter to $56.5 million compared to $81.5 million for the same period of…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable is urging the CRTC to reject BCE’s $3.38 billion bid to purchase Astral Media, and is asking to appear at the Commission’s public hearing scheduled to begin on May 6, 2013 in Montreal.
In a press release issued today, the company cited concerns over competition and TV and radio ownership concentration, the same concerns it raised in its submission filed last October with the Commission. Cogeco says approval of the Bell-Astral deal would “give BCE unprecedented market power that could not be constrained through regulatory safeguards, whether administered by…
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MONTREAL, QC – Cogeco announced the ramp-up of monthly transfer capacity for all of its high speed internet (HSI) residential packages in Quebec and Ontario. Quebec subscribers to Express 5, Express 10, Turbo 14, Turbo 20, Ultimate 40 and Ultimate 60 HSI packages will be able to benefit from the upgrade; for Ontario subscribers, the upgrade applies to the Express 6, Express 10, Turbo 14, Turbo 20, Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 60 HSI packages.
The upgrades to the respective packages have been rolled out seamlessly. Subscription prices for all packages remain the same.
“We are…
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MONTREAL, QC and VANCOUVER, BC – Cogeco Cable Inc. and Peer 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. announced today that 0957926 B.C. Ltd., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Cogeco Cable, has completed its compulsory acquisition of all of the remaining outstanding common shares of Peer 1 at a price of $3.85 in cash per common share, and now owns 100% of the outstanding common shares.
In addition, Peer 1 announced today that the common shares have been delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange as of the close of business on March 28, 2013. The company says it has…
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MONTREAL and SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Cogeco Cable and Rovi Corporation announced the launch of two new interactive applications, Cogeco Remote Recorder powered by Rovi TV Listings and TotalGuide xD, that will allow Cogeco’s subscribers to access TV schedules on their set-top PVR devices from web-enabled devices.
Cogeco says its subscribers can use the apps to browse the TV listings, explore programs, find what to watch, and remotely schedule recordings for viewing at a later time and date. The Cogeco Remote Recorder is a web-based app connected to the Cogeco service to enable remote recording directly…
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TORONTO – Astral Media announced today its TV Everywhere services TMN GO, HBO GO Canada and TMN Encore GO will now be available to Rogers cable subscribers.
Rogers cable customers who have a subscription to The Movie Network and TMN Encore can access TMN GO’s 1,000-plus hours of high-definition programming, which includes current Hollywood movies and classics, exclusive series from HBO, CINEMAX and Showtime, as well as Canadian original films and series on their various Apple wireless devices or their PCs.
With this announcement, Astral says TMN GO is now available to approximately 75% of…
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