GATINEAU – In the continuing saga of the skinny (a.k.a. lower-cost data only) wireless, the CRTC must be wondering if it would not have just been easier to mandate MVNO.
In the latest request for information, Cartt.ca had noted the tone of the letter and the volume of information requested. The three incumbent national wireless players seem to heed the message and proposed to double the amount of data originally offered.
But what we had missed was the questions asked to the three incumbent national wireless players were also asked of the Competition Bureau.
The Questions
Indicate whether lower-cost data only…
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ST ANDREWS, N.B. – What are you doing? What do you need to do? What do you want to do? What stands in your way? These and various other questions were posed this year to a roster of Canadian Communications Systems Alliance member companies by consultants Broadband Success Partners, who presented their findings Monday at the CCSA annual convention.
Canada’s independent operators are obsessed with providing the best broadband experience, the best customer service and the best TV service, while knowing they want to compete on the TV Everywhere front, and to push fibre as deep as possible in order…
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RADIO RATINGS ANALYSIS is a complex task, as we noted last week. For radio station promotion departments getting their quarterly analysis in Canada's five largest markets, it's about toying with the numbers — age, gender, time of day, relative growth — until your station becomes number one, or at least number one in categories advertisers like.
But what about longer-term trends? We took Numeris top-line ratings data over the past seven years to capture portraits of stations in those five major markets who made changes to their programming, and what happened to their audience as a result.
For the sake of…
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MONTREAL – Rogers Media’s OMNI ICI has announced plans to air Monday night’s Quebec party leaders’ debate in Arabic.
The multilingual service said that it recognizes “the need for diverse programming that connects our audiences to all facets of Canadian culture”, noting that Arabic is one of the main third languages spoken in Quebec.
The debate, scheduled for September 17 at 5:30 PM ET, will see Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard, François Legault of the Coalition Avenir Quebec, Jean-Francois Lisee of the Parti Quebecois and Québec Solidaire’s Manon Masse face off in the province’s first-ever televised English-language debate. The provincial election will take…
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OTTAWA – In a decision issued today, the Supreme Court of Canada determined that An Internet service provider can recoup its costs from copyright owners who ask the ISP to help track down internet users suspected of stealing video content to which they don’t own the rights.
As the Court determined, “An ISP can recover its costs of compliance with a Norwich order, but it is not entitled to be compensated for every cost that it incurs in complying with such an order. Recoverable costs must be reasonable and must arise from compliance…
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TORONTO – With the NHL pre-season just days away, Sportsnet said Thursday that it will serve up 56 Toronto Maple Leafs games on TV, 41 on radio, and all 82 will be livestreamed during the 2018-19 NHL season.
Sportsnet will deliver 56 Maple Leafs games on television (40 national and 16 regional broadcasts) and 41 radio games on Sportsnet 590 The FAN. Additionally, all 82 Maple Leafs matchups will be available to stream on Sportsnet NOW or Rogers NHL Live.
Toronto’s regular season campaign begins on October 3, the opening night of the NHL season, when the Maple…
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TORONTO – Rogers Radio AC stations across the country will debut a new show later this month hosted by Canadian singer, songwriter and performer Serena Ryder (pictured).
Airing Sundays from 12 Noon to 2:00 PM ET, The Serena Ryder Show will broadcast live from Toronto and include authentic conversation with Ryder, including tales from her tour bus, plus a selection of music that she has chosen.
The first season gets underway on Sunday, September 23 with eight, two-hour shows that will air exclusively on:
96.7 CHYM – Kitchener, ON
KiSS 100.5 – North Bay, ON
KiSS 100.5 – Sault Saint Marie, ON
KiSS 105.3 –…
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RADIO RATINGS ANALYSIS is a complex task. For radio station promotion departments getting their quarterly analysis in Canada's five largest markets, it's about toying with the numbers — age, gender, time of day, relative growth — until your station becomes number one, or at least number one in categories advertisers like.
But what about longer-term trends? Cartt.ca took Numeris top-line ratings data over the past seven years to capture portraits of stations in those five major markets who made changes to their programming, and what happened to their audience as a result.
For the sake of a fair comparison, and because…
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OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will on Friday let Rogers Communications (and other ISPs) know whether or not they can collect a fee to help track down alleged copyright infringers.
In May of 2017, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled Rogers is not allowed to recoup its costs from copyright owners who ask the ISP to help track down individuals suspected of stealing video content to which they don’t own the rights. (Click here for more background on Rogers’ reasons for the appeal.) The company was granted leave to appeal…
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GATINEAU – After many public complaints and a Commission letter which all but threatened wireless rate regulation, Telus, Rogers and Bell responded to the CRTC’s request for a better skinny wireless package by doubling the amount of data originally offered.
Earlier this year, in a multi-faceted wireless decision, the CRTC demanded each of Rogers, Bell and Telus come up with low-cost data-only wireless plans for the Canadian market. The plans can not be tied to customer income; must be made available on the latest network (4G), must be nationwide, and be available on post- and pre-paid plans. Those plans, said…
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