TORONTO – It’s been a while in the works, but Bell Media, Corus Entertainment, Rogers Sports & Media, and Quebecor Media have announced an agreement in principle to adopt a common set of advanced advertising audience segments, thinktv announced today.
Thinktv member companies are joining forces to adopt a shared set of 19 audience segments for advanced advertising on linear television. It’s not the full integration of Corus’ Cynch platform (which Rogers already uses and which Corus has been trying to get Bell on board), but it’s a good start. Please click here for the breakdown and explanation…
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CALGARY – Rogers Communications and the University of Calgary today announced they have established the Rogers Internet of Things Chair with research led by Dr. Steven Liang, PhD, a renowned researcher at the Schulich School of Engineering
The five-year agreement is meant to advance innovative Internet of things (IoT) research in support of Canadians, and Canadian businesses, says the announcement.
“This initiative will bring ground-breaking IoT research and innovation to Canadian businesses and Canadians overall,” said Dean Prevost, president, Rogers for Business, in the press release. “This exciting research is critical to developing the applications and IoT business solutions necessary to…
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By Etan Vlessing
CANADA’S INDIENET GROUP of independent TV stations on Thursday skipped their traditional public presentation to national ad buyers in Toronto, and went virtual with a streaming pitch.
Besides touting a fall 2020 programming slate packed with the usual mix of local news coverage, sim-sub U.S. shows, classic shows, game shows and movies, the independent option to Canada’s bigger broadcast groups talked up helping brand marketers make quick changes and decisions around their media buying plans this year as Covid-19 crisis has put the country’s media and advertising businesses on hold.
“I’m sure you will all join me in hoping…
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Including two that won’t cost a cent
By Greg O’Brien
CAL MILLAR DOESN’T want to kick the federal government while it is scrambling hard to keep Canadians healthy and our economy upright. However, broadcasters need more help and Millar and his fellow broadcasters have some ideas.
The president of Channel Zero (owners of CHCH, Rewind and Silver Screen Classics) is genuinely thankful for what the federal government has already done for broadcasters, and the country, in trying to manage an unprecedented health crisis that has decimated the economy while we all tried, and try, to do the right things to make sure…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications is expanding its support for women and children with the announcement today of additional partnerships with women’s shelters in Quebec and Ontario to provide connectivity to support vulnerable Canadians during the ongoing Covid-19 health crisis.
“It’s unfathomable to imagine the dual crises of domestic violence and physical isolation brought on by Covid-19. Yet, tragically, rates of violence are up as much as 20-30% right now,” said Sevaun Palvetzian, Rogers’ chief communications officer. “For vulnerable women and children escaping abuse, phones and connectivity provide an essential digital lifeline. We’re proud that our Rogers team can help enable…
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Was on wireless policy review panel
GATINEAU – The five-year term of Christopher MacDonald, the CRTC commissioner for Atlantic Canada and Nunavut expired Tuesday June 16, leaving the Regulator down at least two commissioners.
Former Alberta and Northwest Territories commissioner Linda Vennard’s term expired in May.
The federal government called for applications earlier this year for their replacements but have not named anyone, which is not surprising given how the Covid-19 crisis has delayed everything else. We say “at least” two commissioners because the Regulator can have up to 13 and currently has seven active commissioners. Chairman Ian Scott’s is the…
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TORONTO — Production on the third season of Citytv’s Canadian original scripted series Hudson & Rex will begin this July in St. John’s, working within Newfoundland’s pandemic-related provincial guidelines, Rogers Sports and Media announced Tuesday.
Produced by Shaftesbury and Pope Productions Ltd., in association with Citytv and Beta Film GmbH, the new 16-episode season will see the return of Detective Charlie Hudson (played by John Reardon) and his canine partner, Rex (played by Diesel vom Burgimwald).
Sold to more than 100 territories including Italy, Germany and France, Hudson & Rex will continue to be filmed in St. John’s, where the series…
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TORONTO — CTAM Canada announced Monday a free, three-part webcast series which will explore how people and companies have adapted to a world changed by the Covid-19 crisis.
The first webcast in the “Fast Adapters” series takes place on June 23 at 2 p.m. ET. One of the speakers will be Liz Doyle Harmer, an entrepreneur, leadership coach, podcaster, blogger and mother of four. She will discuss tools for dealing with the complexities of change and how she has learned to embrace chaos during the pandemic.
The second speaker will be Hot Docs president Chris McDonald. In his 20-plus years as…
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THE BANFF WORLD MEDIA FESTIVAL announced the winners of the 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition in a virtual presentation streamed live Monday afternoon.
The virtual edition of the Rockie Awards was hosted by Aurora Browne, Carolyn Taylor and Jennifer Whalen of CBC’s Baroness von Sketch Show, which was this year’s winningest program. The show and its writers won the 2020 Rockie Award for best comedy and variety program, the Canadian Award of Distinction and the Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content.
In total, Rockie Awards were presented in 26 categories spanning documentary and factual, arts and entertainment, children and…
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By Denis Carmel
GATINEAU – In 2015, the CRTC decided to move from mandatory aggregated services to disaggregated services when it comes to wholesale high speed access services for the Internet, in Québec and Ontario.
That would allow competitors to interconnect closer to the client and lower the cost of service purchased from incumbents. In other words, instead of purchasing the local loop (or last mile) and the backhaul, they could buy just the local loop, including gaining access to fibre-to-the-premises portions of the incumbent networks.
The 2015 decision also determined the rules for the implementation of a transition from one regime…
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