TORONTO — Rogers Sports and Media announced today the eighth season of Rogers Hometown Hockey, presented by Hyundai and Desjardins, will get underway on Oct. 16 and 17 — the first weekend of the NHL season — in the Township of North Dumfries, Ont.
The weekend’s festivities will be followed by the first pre-game show of the season on Monday, Oct. 18 leading into the New York Rangers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs broadcast on Sportsnet, which will also be available to stream on SN Now.
“Returning in a reimagined format, the free, fan-favourite festival will feature a full weekend of…
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TORONTO – Rogers’ Sportsnet announced today it has officially relaunched SN Now with more choice for fans and more content.
The relaunch, originally announced in August, includes a refreshed user interface as well as an enhanced technology foundation, which will “deliver the best fan experience, highest quality streaming, and most personalized viewing available anywhere in sports media,” a press release says.
“The richer, personalized user experience for SN Now is innovated by Deltatre, while the cloud-native streaming platform runs on Firstlight Media’s microservices architecture, together delivering improved video quality, reduced latency, and enhanced viewing features.”
In the future, new features and…
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TORONTO – Sales of Rogers’ 2021 orange shirt, designed by two-spirit Ojibway artist Patrick Hunter, raised $150,000 for the Orange Shirt Society and the Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS), the company announced today.
Rogers’ orange shirt campaign was launched in 2020 and raised over $250,000 over two years. “Earlier this year, Rogers also donated an additional $50,000 to the IRSSS,” a press release says.
“We are working tirelessly to support survivors of Residential Schools and their families through programs and services for the Youth, 2SLGBTQ+, Elders and Families,” said Angela White, executive director of IRSSS, in the press release.
“This funding will…
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Cartt.ca spoke to some smaller players about their plans
By Ahmad Hathout
After late October, Innovation Canada is expected to begin licensing portions of the 3.5 GHz spectrum it auctioned off earlier this year, so Cartt.ca asked some smaller providers what they plan to do with it.
The auction, completed in July, involved 23 applicants gunning for 1,504 licenses. The government sold the licenses for a total of $8.9 billion.
As tensions mount among larger providers over whether Quebecor’s Videotron should be allowed to build out west – Bell and Telus alleged the company cannot because it does not have adequate base facilities…
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TORONTO – WildBrain Television announced today its fall lineup for Family Channel and Family Jr., which include several exclusive Canadian broadcast premieres.
“This October, WildBrain Television is handing out treats for the whole family to enjoy,” a press release says.
New programming includes Game of Talents (pictured above), which will premiere exclusively on Family Channel on Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Hosted by Wayne Brady (Let’s Make A Deal, Whose Line Is It Anyway?), the show “infuses the spectacle of a large-scale variety show with a clue-centered, high-intensity investigative game, pitting two teams of contestants against each other as they attempt to…
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By Ken Kelley
WHAT DOES THE future of television advertising look like in Canada? It was this rather weighty topic, along with several others, that were explored in depth during a virtual Mediatel event held on Wednesday.
It should go without saying that without the right content, companies like Corus, Bell and Rogers would be singing a very different song. However, the future of television advertising is complex and companies need more than great content.
Corus executive vice-president and chief revenue officer Greg McLelland believes it is critical for companies to meet customers on the platforms of their choice. With more options…
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Panelists talk C-10, competition and of course, the Rogers/Shaw deal
By Lynn Greiner
TORONTO – Every ISP Summit, a highlight session is the regulatory panel. The CRTC always seems to generate enough controversy to make the panel entertaining as well as interesting.
This year was no different.
Moderated by Monica Auer, executive director of the Forum for Research and Policy in Communications, the panel featured two CRTC alumni who are less than impressed with the way the organization has operated recently.
Konrad von Finckenstein, a consultant and arbitrator, was CRTC chair from 2007 to 2012, and Timothy Denton, now chairman of the Internet…
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TORONTO – On Wednesday evening, Rogers Communications announced Tony Staffieri (above), the company’s chief financial officer, is leaving the company, effective immediately.
Paulina Molnar (below) has been appointed interim CFO. No explanation was given for Staffieri’s departure.
“On behalf of the Rogers team, I thank Tony for the many contributions he made to our company including ensuring the integrity of our financial reporting over the nearly ten years he served as our CFO,” said Joe Natale, president and CEO, in a press release. “We wish him well in his future endeavours and look forward to building on the strong foundation he…
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New content replaces traditional radio lineup in Toronto
TORONTO — Rogers Sports and Media’s Sportsnet announced today it is launching new multiplatform audio content on Monday, Oct. 4 that will feature both new and familiar names and voices.
Sportsnet’s new audio strategy is designed to provide a “flexible slate of programming that caters to fans’ personal interests,” says a press release.
“Whether on live radio or on-demand podcasts, Sportsnet’s new audio content plans replace the traditional radio lineup in Toronto in favour of seasonal, sport-specific and spontaneous programming so that fans can consume the content that matters most to them on…
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Says new pricing meets government’s 25% price reduction target
MONTREAL — Bell Canada today announced it is lowering the monthly pricing for mobile data plans from its flanker brand Virgin Plus, as of Oct. 5.
Bell says these lower prices will achieve the federal government’s target of having the cost of wireless plans reduced by 25% from the beginning of 2020 to early 2022, a target set by the government in March 2020.
As of Oct. 5, 2021, Virgin Plus’s monthly prices for its wireless plans will be $37.50 for 2 GB of data, $41.25 for 4 GB, and $45 for…
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