THE BANFF WORLD MEDIA FESTIVAL announced today its 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition winners will be announced during a global livestream broadcast on YouTube on Monday, June 15 at 3 p.m. ET.
The virtual presentation will be hosted by three of the stars of CBC/Radio-Canada’s Baroness von Sketch Show, Aurora Browne, Carolyn Taylor and Jennifer Whalen. The awards ceremony will feature celebrity presenters and award winners from around the world. More than 128 nominees from 35 countries are competing for this year’s Rockie Awards.
Featured talent will include Niecy Nash (Mrs. America, When They See Us), Jason Priestley (Private Eyes,…
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MONCTON and EDMONTON– Rogers Communications today announced partnerships with women’s shelters in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg, which will see the company provide connectivity to support vulnerable Canadians during the ongoing Covid-19 health crisis.
“Whether calling emergency services, accessing support, or staying in touch with loved ones, the donations are aimed at helping vulnerable women with their immediate and crisis needs,” said Matt MacLellan, president of Rogers’ Atlantic region, in a company press release.
“At Rogers, we are committed to finding ways to help in our communities by providing an essential digital lifeline…
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“We don’t fit their business model”
By Lynn Greiner
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES FACE UNIQUE challenges when it comes to establishing broadband connectivity. At Canada’s Rural and Remote Broadband virtual conference (CRRBC) on Monday, a panel of experts who are addressing those challenges talked about what they’re doing, the roadblocks they’re facing, and why they’re persevering.
Moderated by Kim Barrington, Rogers Communications’ director of operations, enterprise division and chairperson for the Rogers’ Indigenous Peoples’ Network, the panel included Sally Braun, general manager, Western James Bay Telecom Network, Lyle Fabian, president/owner, KatloTech Communications, Rob McMahon, associate professor of communication and technology, Continue Reading
Says change disproportionately impacts their customers
By Ahmad Hathout
GATINEAU – Third party internet service provider TekSavvy, along with the Competitive Network Operators Consortium (CNOC), said in complaints to the CRTC that a change to Rogers’ network management practices that would constrain some users’ internet usage during the Covid-19 pandemic would disproportionately affect subscribers of wholesale service providers.
Rogers submitted an application to the CRTC in May revising its access tariff to include a section outlining the company’s ability to apply internet traffic management practices (ITMP). “During these periods, any end-user whose disproportionate consumption of shared resources required for internet service is…
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TORONTO — After 30 years at Rogers Communications, Colette Watson (above) is stepping down as senior vice-president of television and broadcast operations for Rogers Sports and Media. Her last day at Rogers will be June 15, the company announced today.
“Colette has been an invaluable member of the Rogers team and a driving force behind industry change. Over her 30-year career, whether it was in cable, regulatory, or media, she consistently delivered under pressure, championed what’s right, and put the company first,” said Jordan Banks, president of Rogers Sports and Media, in the news release. “Faced with industry challenges,…
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TORONTO — For the next two weeks, Sportsnet will revisit some of the biggest moments from the Rogers Cup tournament, featuring Canadian tennis stars Bianca Andreescu and Denis Shapovalov, the broadcaster announced Monday.
This week, Rogers Cup Rewind will relive Andreescu’s 2019 championship run. Starting Monday night at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, Sportsnet will rebroadcast Andreescu’s first round matchup with Eugenie Bouchard on Sportsnet One and Sportsnet Now. On the following four nights, Sportsnet will continue with round-by-round coverage of the 2019 tournament, culminating Friday in Andreescu’s semifinal against American Sofia Kenin and her championship final victory over Serena…
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By Greg O’Brien
OTTAWA – No one likes delay, especially when it comes to the auction of the wireless spectrum which will drive the primary advantages of 5G wireless technology.
Canadian wireless companies have been clamouring for access to 3500 MHz (3.5 GHz if you prefer) because the mid-band spectrum will deliver the speed and low latency so key to 5G’s future and all were anxious to get to this December’s auction and hit the gas on the next generation of wireless.
Then the coronavirus pandemic hit.
While company CEOs like Joe Natale (Rogers), Mirko Bibic (Bell), Darren Entwistle (Telus), and…
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TORONTO – Independent ISP and TV service provider VMedia Thursday announced the launch of RiverTV, Canada’s first live TV and on-demand streaming channel platform.
Such services are known as virtual multichannel video programming distributors in the United States (such as Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, AT&T TV Now and others) but in Canada, the company is sticking with our own vernacular, so RiverTV is a vBDU, or virtual broadcast distribution undertaking.
Like conventional BDUs, and VMedia TV is one of those, RiverTV packages top specialty channels Canadian programming groups including Corus, Blue Ant Media, Channel Zero and Wildbrain, as well as…
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By Denis Carmel
GATINEAU – On May 15, the CRTC sent a request for information to parties involved in its wireless policy review asking: Does the ongoing situation with respect to the Covid-19 pandemic change the views you have previously put forward on any of the issues being examined in this proceeding? Explain why or why not with supporting rationale and evidence, as necessary.”
We expected few minds to have changed and the responses filed on May 29, were almost unanimous. We’re paraphrasing here, but the answers are: “The current crisis reinforces what we’ve been saying.” The anti mobile virtual network…
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TORONTO — The Ontario government today reconfirmed its commitment to invest $150 million to improve broadband and cellular service in rural, remote and underserved areas of the province.
The funding was previously announced in July 2019 as part of the province’s $315-million initiative called Up to Speed: Ontario’s Broadband and Cellular Action Plan.
“As we carefully restart the economic engine of Canada, every region and every community will play a role in bringing jobs and prosperity back to our province,” said Ontario Premier Doug Ford, in today’s news release. “By investing in reliable broadband and cellular service, we are…
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