Telecom Act takes precedence when it comes to rights of way, siting, etc.
CALGARY – The Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta told the city of Calgary in no uncertain terms that it has no right to regulate where, when, why and how telecom infrastructure can be installed in the city.
In January Bell Canada, Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications and Telus Corp. filed a motion to strike down a bylaw passed by the city to regulate the process for, access and use of municipal rights of way for telecommunications providers.
In a decision released Friday, the court agreed with the four large…
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TORONTO – Led by gains in its wireless and cable division, Rogers Communications saw third quarter profits jump 17%, the company said Friday.
Rogers posted net income of $594 million for the three months ended September 30, up from $508 million in the same period a year ago. The Toronto-based company said that net income and adjusted net income increased this quarter by 17% and 13%, respectively, as a result of higher adjusted EBITDA, partially offset by the higher associated income tax expense and higher depreciation and amortization.
Total revenue increased 3% to $3.77 billion this quarter, largely driven by Wireless…
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Ontario launch set for this year, national rollout by 2020
TORONTO – Rogers is launching a national LTE-M (Long Term Evolution for Machines) to help businesses connect and track their assets in real time.
A new network technology designed to support IoT devices, LTE-M provides wireless network connectivity to devices like sensors and monitors that don’t require a lot of bandwidth, allowing them to carry information over long distances, with longer battery life and better network coverage in hard to reach areas. The technology can also power consumer IoT applications such as wearables, monitoring and tracking solutions.
The national rollout of LTE-M…
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TORONTO – Iristel has taken its fight with Telus to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice claiming Telus has breached its wholesale contract and is seeking damages of $135 million.
In the statement of claim filed October 2nd, Iristel and ICE Wireless claim Telus has been not living up to its end of their contract by failing to connect calls to ICE Wireless customers or pay its bill to Iristel. In the filing Iristel says it is owed over $156,000 by Telus, but is claiming damages far higher to that because it is undermining Iristel’s standing in the telecom business…
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TORONTO – A number of Canada’s commercial television broadcasters are banding together to end a practice known as gross-net invoicing by the end of next year.
Instead, they will implement net billing in an effort to improve TV trading, says an announcement by marketing and research association thinktv.
thinktv president and CEO Catherine MacLeod said that its member companies, which include Bell Media, CBC/Radio-Canada, IndieNet, Corus Entertainment, Quebecor Media Group, and Rogers Media, were fully aligned on the initiative, adding that “thinktv works to help advertisers and agencies get the best out of television on all its platforms – and…
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OTTAWA – Despite having more than 100 film and television credits to his name, in addition to stage appearances across North America, ACTRA president David Sparrow knows the struggles of an artist’s life all too well.
“That comparatively successful career does not necessarily make me a household name, or financially stable. This is a tough business,” Sparrow said Tuesday morning to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage which gathered again in Ottawa to further discuss remuneration models for Canadian artists in the Canadian Copyright Act. Among those presenting were representatives from the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists…
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TORONTO – Both Rogers Communications and Bell Media have trimmed some personnel this month, Cartt.ca has learned – but the number of people leaving both companies is not near the rumoured figures we have seen land in the Cartt.ca email inbox.
We heard from a handful of people over a week ago that 200 people were let go from Rogers one day and then today that 200 were let go from Bell Media.
While we do know some definitely lost their jobs, the companies would not comment on how many positions were eliminated, but spokespeople insisted to us the rumoured number…
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SN Now+ offers exclusive content, including more NHL games
TORONTO – Rogers is offering new and exclusive content to its sports streaming service subscribers via a new premium tier called SN Now+.
Available for $27.99/month, SN Now+ promises everything already available in the original SN Now package plus over 500 “blackout-free” (a.k.a. out-of-market) NHL games and a number of Premier League matches, additional Bundesliga games, FA Cup matches and Premiership Rugby and Super League Rugby coverage.
The basic SN Now tier, now offered at the reduced price of $19.99/month, continues to provide a direct feed of content available on Sportsnet’s television channels – including regional channels Sportsnet…
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TORONTO – Scott Moore, president of Sportsnet and NHL Properties at Rogers Media, is leaving the company at the end of October.
The search for Moore’s successor is underway and Rogers Media president Rick Brace will oversee Sportsnet in addition to his current role in the interim, the company said Tuesday. Moore did not disclose his future plans other than saying that he would take some time off in the short term.
During his eight-year tenure, Moore was behind the company’s acquisitions of The Score and Grand Slam of Curling; brokered the deal that brought the FX brand to Canada; launched North…
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OTTAWA – The Copyright Act review resumed in Ottawa on Monday, where representatives from Telus had the opportunity to discuss the company’s stance. The company’s appearance before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology followed last week’s presentations by Bell, Rogers, TekSavvy and Shaw.
Like TekSavvy, Telus is in the somewhat unique position of not being vertically integrated, something that Ann Mainville-Neeson, the company’s VP of Broadcasting Policy and Regulatory Affairs highlighted at the outset of the presentation.
“We are purely an aggregator and distributor of the best content there is to offer,” she explained.
As such, Mainville-Neeson…
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