TORONTO – Rogers Media’s Sportsnet 590 The FAN today announced its new lineup of hosts and shows heading into the NHL and NBA seasons.
Tim & Sid (Tim Micallef and Sid Seixeiro) will return to radio with a multi-platform version of their TV show, and will include a combination of journalists, former pro athletes and other insiders.
“Every show offers a different flavour but there’s one thing they have in common – they are going to bring insight and opinions that ignite the passion of Toronto sports fans,” said Dave Cadeau, program director, in the press release
The new lineup launches…
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LONDON – Global mobile measurement company Opensignal released a report this morning showing Canada appears to be ahead many other countries when it comes to delivering wireless services beyond major population centres.
With rural connectivity front and centre in the federal election campaign (not to mention pricing of wireless services in Canada), the results of Opensignal’s analysis “showed Canadians do get what they pay for – speeds and availability which exceed or rival the overall figures of developed countries,” reads its release.
That said, the report acknowledges rural dwellers often pay higher monthly costs for connectivity, and…
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TORONTO – Bell Media’s Discovery will be on a month-long free preview from October 10 to November 7.
Along with the free preview release, Discovery announced new seasons of two of its marquee Canadian series. Season nine of Highway Thru Hell will begin production this fall and Mighty Trains is already in production on season four, with filming taking place in Peru, Japan, Serbia, and other regions.
The free preview is available via participating television service providers including Bell, Cogeco, Eastlink, Rogers, Telus, Shaw, SaskTel, and others.
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ATLANTA – Tech trade-in company Phobio announced this week former Rogers Communications EVP Raj Doshi will join the organization as an executive consultant as the company continues to push into Canada.
Doshi (right) left his position as EVP 5G and wireless in May after 30 years with Rogers and his joining Phobio comes on the heels of SaskTel selecting the company’s omni-channel trade-in software platform for its corporate and dealer retailer locations. Phobio already supports trade-in programs at Vidéotron, Loblaws, Staples, and Apple.
Phobio enables the buyback and recapture of smartphones, tablets, computers, accessories, and any…
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OTTAWA – If, like Cartt.ca, you believed that the OMNI file was closed, sealed, over and done with, think again.
On September 16, Joe Volpe, publisher of the Corriere Canadese and one of the applicants for a national, multilingual multi-ethnic discretionary service, CorrCan Media Group, filed a motion in the Federal Court for a judicial review of the pronouncement by the Governor General in Council (Cabinet), issued on August 17, where the government declined to void or return CRTC Decisions 2019-172 and 2019-173 granting Rogers Media a must-carry license for its OMNI branded multicultural channels.
The relief…
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OTTAWA – As part of its campaign pledge to “make life affordable for Canadian families,” the federal Liberal Party says that if it remains in power following next month’s election, it will “take strong action” to have cellphone bills reduced by 25% within four years and save a family of four nearly $1,000 a year.
To reach that target, the Liberals say they will “work with telecom companies to offer plans comparable to global prices,” along with an unlimited family plan, according to their party’s platform on cellphone bills released Sunday.
The governing party also targets…
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KELOWNA – Offering television is still a must, but it’s time to move away from the old-fashioned way it’s still structured and priced, according to the closing panel of the annual 2019 Canadian Communication Systems Alliance conference.
In the Tuesday session titled “embracing the future of video”, four panelists told delegates there remain good reasons why network operators shouldn’t (yet) walk away from TV in favour of just offering customers a broadband pipe (leaving them to find video on their own, likely with the help of one or more of the Silicon Valley tech and content giants). While broadband earns…
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MONTREAL, TORONTO and VANCOUVER — Bell, Rogers and Telus all announced Thursday they have each signed reciprocal roaming agreements with AT&T to provide their respective business customers with seamless access to AT&T’s LTE-M network throughout the United States.
In the case of each agreement, a Bell, Rogers or Telus customer will be able to roam on AT&T’s LTE-M network across the US, and AT&T customers in turn will be able to roam on the LTE-M networks operated in Canada by Bell, Rogers and Telus.
In three separate announcements, the Big Three carriers all touted their LTE-M networks as the ideal platform…
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AACHEN, GERMANY and TORONTO — Rogers Communications has been named the “Best in Test” wireless carrier in Canada by P3, an international leader in benchmarking mobile networks. According to the most recent P3 Mobile Benchmark Canada report, Rogers was the highest-ranking Canadian operator for both voice and data services. Bell ranked second overall, followed by Telus.
Measurements for the P3 Mobile Benchmark Canada study were conducted between May 6 and July 15, 2019. P3 tested and measured performance on the networks operated by Bell, Freedom, Rogers, Telus and Videotron, using smartphones for voice and data services in metropolitan and…
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BT Montreal cancelled two weeks ago
TORONTO — Citytv provided more details Thursday about the new format for its Breakfast Television shows in Calgary and Vancouver, exactly two weeks after Rogers Media cancelled its BT Montreal show and eliminated a total of 23 jobs as part of the BT revamp.
Calling it “a refreshed Breakfast Television experience” in a news release, Citytv said the new format of the morning shows in Calgary and Vancouver will debut September 23 and builds on the legacy of Citytv’s iconic BT brand, which is now celebrating 30 years on air in Toronto.
Citytv said…
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