TORONTO — CTAM Canada announced its May “Lunch and Learn” virtual event will discuss the topic “The Changing Face of Canada – What’s your Multicultural Strategy?”
Scheduled to take place Wednesday, May 26 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. ET, the online discussion will feature Bobby Sahni (above), partner and co-founder of Ethnicity Matters, plus Liz Riemersma, vice-president of international programming at Sling TV, and Jake Dheer, community liaison at OMNI Television.
Prior to co-founding Ethnicity Matters, a multicultural marketing and advertising agency, Sahni was the head of multicultural marketing at Rogers Communications. He has earned national and international recognition for…
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CALGARY, WINNIPEG and MONCTON — Rogers Communications announced today it has expanded its phone and plan program to support more vulnerable women and children using shelters and transition houses in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
In all regions, Rogers has increased its support from last year. In Alberta, Rogers is donating phones and wireless plans to more than 30 women’s shelters and transition houses in Rogers wireless coverage areas in the province during the third wave of the pandemic. In Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Rogers is donating phones and plans…
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TORONTO — With the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs underway this week, Rogers Sportsnet is offering fans new exclusive original content and NHL Fantasy games, to complement the network’s exclusive English-language national coverage of every playoff game.
“As Canada’s home of the NHL, we’re always looking for new opportunities to create connections with hockey fans across the country,” said Andrew Sutherland, vice-president of marketing, creative and original content at Sportsnet. “Through our original content initiatives and established fantasy games, we are providing engaging second-screen interactions for fans to share in together and experience the incredible energy of the Stanley Cup Playoffs…
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Company challenges CRTC on decision not to indulge passive infrastructure debate; seamless roaming
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – When the CRTC asked for comments for its review of the wireless industry—with eyes trained on whether it would force negotiations on access to big wireless networks—a parallel issue emerged in the submissions: How will the regulator deal with the emerging friction between cellcos and local officials when it comes to equipment attachments on municipal infrastructure?
Apparently, not at all. Mid last month, in its decision to force the big three carriers to lease wireless network capacity to regional carriers, the Regulator said…
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By Greg O’Brien
MONTREAL and OXFORD, N.S. – Should the Competition Bureau decide Freedom Mobile must be sold as a condition of Rogers Communications being able to purchase Shaw Communications, count Eastlink founder John Bragg and Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau as interested.
During his company’s first quarter conference call with financial analysts today, Péladeau said the Commission’s new wireless policies, coupled with the potential for Freedom Mobile coming on the market, could mean conditions are right for the company to move beyond its home province.
“We’re pleased with the CRTC decision allowing facilities-based MVNOs, as it confirms the importance…
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By Lynn Greiner
MARKHAM – Twenty years ago, the cable television industry spent billions building out the networks that have served us to this day. Over the years, they’ve been renovated, modified and upgraded, but the underlying hybrid fibre coax (HFC) architecture hasn’t fundamentally changed.
And now, faced with the increasing demands for bandwidth, both upstream and downstream, the industry has to look at re-architecting its networks just to keep up, said Ian Oliver, CEO of Versant Solutions Group.
But unlike 20 years ago, when there was one architecture that everyone adopted, today there are many choices, each with its benefits…
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“Disinformation spreading on private messaging apps is a growing threat to our democracy”
TORONTO — With more than eight in 10 people in Canada using private messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, a new study from Ryerson University’s Cybersecure Policy Exchange finds 46% of Canadians report receiving private messages which they suspect are false at least monthly.
The report, Private Messages, Public Harms, is based on results from a representative survey of 2,500 Canadians in March 2021. The Cybersecure Policy Exchange, which is an initiative powered by RBC through Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst and the Ryerson Leadership Lab, analyzed the…
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Advisory firms recommend shareholders vote in favour
CALGARY — Shaw Communications announced today two independent proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass, Lewis and Co., have recommended that Shaw’s shareholders vote for the proposed business merger with Rogers Communications announced in March.
The proposed $26-billion purchase deal would see Rogers acquire all of Shaw’s issued and outstanding Class A participating shares and Class B non-voting participating shares.
Shaw says a special shareholder meeting will be held virtually on May 20 at 10 a.m. MT. The purpose of the meeting is for Class A and B shareholders to consider…
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TORONTO — Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS) today announced the launch of AudioVelocity, a new digital audio platform it says is designed to deliver advanced advertising solutions and real-time measurement to radio and podcast advertisers.
Providing enhanced targeting capabilities, the AudioVelocity platform allows advertisers to deliver messages through streamed and on-demand content via connected devices across CBS’s portfolio of leading Canadian broadcasters and podcasters, including confirmed partners Rogers Sports and Media, Corus Entertainment, Pattison Media, Cogeco Media, CBC, Vista Radio, Radioplayer Canada, Golden West Broadcasting, Blackburn Radio, and MBS Radio.
“Radio already delivers massive reach, excellent cost efficiency, and demonstrated impact for…
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GATINEAU — Having been denied access to a multi-dwelling unit (MDU) building currently under construction in Saint John, N.B., and therefore unable to offer services to incoming residents, Rogers Communications is asking the CRTC to order the developer to grant it access to the building, on a expedited basis.
In a Part 1 application filed May 6th and posted on the Commission’s website today, Rogers says Iron Gate Developments and its owner, Stephen Brittain, refuse to provide Rogers with access to a property known as Telegraph Square, located at 29 Canterbury Street in Saint John.
Rogers says in its application it…
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