The News Forum and Rogers have reached a new agreement on the latter’s distribution of the former’s national news service, according to a letter filed jointly with the CRTC in late September.
With the new agreement in place, The News Forum is withdrawing its Part 1 application submitted to the commission in March, in which it alleged Rogers was unduly disadvantaging the discretionary network by excluding it from the cable giant’s legacy or grandfathered cable packages. In its April reply to The News Forum’s complaint, Rogers had called for the application…
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The Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership in early October filed an application with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) to trademark “Want It All”, as Toronto’s Major League Baseball team strives to go the distance in the postseason and win the club’s third World Series title.
On Wednesday night, the Rogers-owned Toronto Blue Jays took another step closer to achieving that goal, advancing to the American League Championship Series after eliminating the New York Yankees by winning Game 4 of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
The Rogers Blue Jays organization filed its…
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Rogers Sports and Media announced last week it has entered into an exclusive production deal with renovation experts and TV hosts Bryan and Sarah Baeumler for HGTV in Canada, beginning in 2027.
Under the agreement, the Baeumlers will lead the creation and production of new original unscripted series that will only be found on HGTV in Canada, according to a Rogers press release.
Bryan Baeumler is known for being a Gemini Award-winning TV host of such home renovation shows as House of Bryan, Disaster DIY and Leave It to Bryan, all of which were HGTV properties when…
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Spoken word on FM, removal of tangible benefits among other recommendations
By Ahmad Hathout
Canadian content quotas on radio have contributed to a competitive imbalance in the market and reducing them will help traditional broadcasters be more adaptable to listener habits, the CRTC heard this week.
Rogers pitched Friday a reduction in the Canadian content quota on English-language radio – from 35 per cent to 25 per cent – that the broadcasting giant said will not only allow it to better manage its operations but also increase the consumption of its products. The company’s director of programming said there’s data to back…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Rogers is seeking to purchase the rest of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) before it entertains outside investors.
The telecom’s chief financial officer, Glenn Brandt, said at a CIBC conference Thursday that Rogers has a call option to buy the remaining 25 per cent stake in the sports empire from Larry Tanenbaum’s Kilmer Sports, which has a put option to sell. Both options are due July 2026.
Brandt said while Rogers hopes to negotiate something sooner for that stake, he expects the option to be exercised anyway and, around this time next year, Rogers will close on taking…
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Rogers Sports and Media announced Monday the launch of a new bundle subscription combining its Citytv+ and Sportsnet+ streaming services in one package.
Rogers’s media division also announced the direct-to-consumer expansion of the Citytv+ service across major platforms, including Apple and Android devices, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung TV and Rogers Xfinity, with the streaming service now available to Canadians directly through a Citytv+ subscription.
Subscriptions for Citytv+ are $9.99 per month or $99 per year, while the bundle subscription with Citytv+ and Sportsnet+ (Standard tier) is $31.99 per month. For comparison, a standalone…
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By Connie Thiessen
Nadir Mohamed, who served as president and CEO of Rogers Communications from 2009 to 2013, has passed away at the age of 69.
Mohamed first joined Rogers in 2000, serving as president and CEO of Rogers Wireless from 2001 to 2005, when he was appointed president and chief operating officer of Rogers. In 2009, he succeeded Ted Rogers as president and CEO of the company.
Rogers said in an announcement that during his tenure, Mohamed “strengthened Rogers balance sheet, solidified its financial position and set Rogers up for long-term success.”
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Nadir,” said Executive Chair Edward…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Rogers is challenging a decision by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) that found it responsible for ensuring the safety of contractor workers following the death of a man working on one of its towers in Minden, Ontario.
The memorandum, filed in the Federal Court of Appeal Friday and that expounds on a notice it submitted earlier this year, challenges the decision that found Rogers was responsible for ensuring the safety of the 30-year-old employee who, in January 2022, fell approximately 400 feet while installing a new antenna near the top of the tower.
The…
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Rogers claims the telco failed to comply with its ad rules
By Ahmad Hathout
Telus is alleging Rogers is refusing to allow the telco to advertise on the cable company’s valuable media properties in a move it says is harming its ability to compete.
The Part 1 application – dated June 9 but only made public on the CRTC website Tuesday – claims the issues started with Rogers refusing “on extremely short notice” to run two Telus ad campaigns on Rogers’s radio stations in November 2024, despite over 30 years of ad inventory purchases. Those cancellations have allegedly “grown into a blanket…
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Top usage spots since July beta launch have included national and provincial parks
Rogers announced Tuesday it has expanded the coverage of its satellite-to-mobile texting service, Rogers Satellite.
“Now, when connected to Rogers Satellite, customers can send a text to friends when taking the ferry from Newfoundland to Nova Scotia, fishing off Haida Gwaii or crossing James Bay, with the expansion across bodies of water and along waterways off the Canadian coastline,” reads a Rogers press release.
With the expansion of the service, which launched as a beta…
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