Bell Media and Corus to lose trademark licensing rights for several channels
By Linda Stuart
Rogers Communications on Monday announced multi-year deals with NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery for the licensing rights to several TV channels and content currently held by Bell Media and Corus Entertainment.
Starting this September, Rogers will launch NBCUniversal’s Bravo channel in Canada, and will become the English-language television content rights holder in Canada, featuring unscripted programming that will include new seasons of Bravo’s hit franchise series, a Rogers press release says. The deal also includes content rights to new Bravo series, a Rogers spokesperson…
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The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), Rogers Communications, and the governments of Canada and Ontario announced Monday that Rogers 5G mobile services are now available in 21 communities across Eastern Ontario.
With the completion of 42 new cell towers and four additional upgrades to existing sites, Rogers 5G is now available to residents, businesses and visitors in parts of the following areas: City of Kawartha Lake, Frontenac County, Haliburton County, Hastings County, Lanark County, Lennox and Addington County, Northumberland County, Peterborough County, Prince Edward County, Renfrew County, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, United Counties of Prescott…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The CRTC is asking Rogers to maintian TekSavvy’s ability to service its customers at two Toronto buildings until it can make a determination on an application by the wholesaler that warns the cable giant’s move to pure fibre would leave competitors behind.
The request came two days after TekSavvy complained that Rogers’s transition from hybrid fibre-coax facilities to pure fibre would mean it would lose 29 existing and possibly more future subscribers at the 191 and 201 Sherbourne Street buildings.
The regulator said in a Friday letter shared with Cartt that it is “concerned that customers…
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Rogers announced Friday that it has begun work on the next phase of expanding its underground wireless network for subway riders in Toronto.
The goal of this phase is to connect the remaining 75 per cent of tunnels – a total of 36 kilometres – so riders on the Toronto Transit Commission’s trains can connect seamlessly throughout their journey between stations, which have already been connected.
The expansion work began this week in the tunnels between Kennedy and Warden stations on Line 2, Rogers said in a press release, adding work is concentrated in the overnight and weekend construction windows to…
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Disconnections are expected June 4, TekSavvy said
By Ahmad Hathout
TekSavvy is again asking the CRTC to intervene in a case where its internet customers are at risk of losing service because the cable network from which it leases capacity is being migrated to pure fibre.
In a Part 1 application dated Wednesday that has yet to be posted at the time of this story’s publishing, Teksavvy said 29 customers at two buildings – 191 and 201 Sherbourne Street – in Toronto are at risk of disconnection because Rogers told the Chatham-based company that it is migrating those hybrid fibre-coax facilities to…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Rogers wants to know why Bell and Telus have such drastic differences in proposed surcharges for a new service that will allow Android phones to more accurately communicate their locations with emergency responders under the next-generation 911 system.
The Emergency Location Service (ELS) is a Google location service that allows Android-based devices – relying heavily on Wi-Fi sensors, but also using GPS and cell towers – to provide enhanced location data directly from the device to the public safety answering point (PSAP) where 911 calls are received. The result, it is said, is accuracy, speed and reliability of…
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By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA — The federal NDP has asked Matthew Boswell, the commissioner of competition, to review an agreement between The Mobile Shop, a division of Loblaws Inc. and Glentel, which is jointly owned by Rogers and Bell, following a letter the head of Quebecor sent to the federal industry minister calling the deal “anti-competitive.”
“If this agreement is not opposed, it will result in reduced competition and choice for consumers,” wrote federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Brian Masse, the party’s critic for innovation, science and industry in their May 22 letter to Boswell.
“Canadians need more competition, not less,”…
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Rogers is the leading fixed broadband provider in Canada for overall experience, according to a new report from U.K.-based mobile analytics firm Opensignal.
“Rogers, which now includes Shaw customers, is recognized for the best overall experience more frequently than any other provider in our report,” Opensignal says.
When compared to other national fixed broadband providers including Bell, Telus and Starlink, Rogers secured three outright national wins for consistent quality, download speed and video experience, according to the report. In addition, it achieved 21 wins (11 outright wins and 10 joint wins) across various…
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Rogers announced Wednesday applications are now open for Ted Rogers Entrance Scholarships, one-time $2,000 scholarships available to 500 eligible youth across Canada starting their first year of university, college or trade school this fall.
To be eligible, students must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident age 25 or younger, be starting their first degree or diploma program in September 2024, and have a minimum cumulative average of 70 per cent or equivalent over the last three terms of available marks. The student’s program must be a minimum of two years in duration for…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Rogers is asking the CRTC to allow it the flexibility to serve certain communities in western Canada with broader, but still locally relevant programming so that it doesn’t rely on repeat programming to meet its Canadian content obligations in the face of a tough financial environment.
The cable giant, which now has on its hands Shaw’s broadcasting assets, filed a Part 1 application made public this week asking for a modification to its condition of licence to be able to show what it calls Spotlight Channels based, not on a standalone basis but in four larger zones housing…
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