Rogers announced Monday an average audience of 10.9 million viewers watched Saturday’s Game 7 of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers on Sportsnet, Sportsnet+ and Citytv, making it the most-watched Rogers broadcast ever.
Rogers said in a press release 18.5 million Canadian viewers, or 45 per cent of Canada’s population, watched at least some of Game 7, which lasted 11 innings before it ended after midnight. Average audience peaked at 14 million around 11:38 p.m. ET when Ernie Clement came to bat with the score tied at 4-4,…
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As Canadians recover from their collective disappointment over the Toronto Blue Jays’ heart-wrenching, extra-innings loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday, Rogers announced Monday that fans fortunate enough to attend the game in person set a new record for mobile data usage at the Rogers Centre.
According to Rogers, fans at Game 7 used 7.5 terabytes (TB) of mobile data — the equivalent of sharing 3.74 million photos of superstar first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
This broke the previous record of 7.4 TB of mobile data used during Taylor…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri said Thursday that the World Series run by the Toronto Blue Jays is helping enhance the owner’s brand.
The Blue Jays will play host Friday to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Rogers Centre in the first game of a best-of-seven series for the championship.
“We’re looking to each one of our pillars of growth being wireless, cable and now sports and entertainment to stand on their own and drive value, profitability and growth in their own respect,” Staffieri said on a conference call with analysts following the release of Rogers’s third-quarter results.
“But we also…
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Rogers announced Wednesday its Rogers Xfinity StreamSaver bundle is now available coast-to-coast with Rogers Xfinity and with Rogers 5G Home Internet.
The StreamSaver plan, which launched in August in the four western provinces, bundles together Netflix, Disney+ and Apple TV+ for $22 per month, delivering more than 30-per-cent savings compared to purchasing each streaming service separately, when added to a Rogers Xfinity Internet or TV plan, Rogers said.
“Rogers Xfinity StreamSaver is now available across the country, bringing Rogers Xfinity and Rogers 5G Home Internet customers an easier way to…
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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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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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