SASKATOON – Rogers announced more wireless network enhancements in Saskatchewan as part of its multi-year network plan to bring gigabit LTE and 5G to its customers.
The company said Wednesday that Rogers and Fido customers will now have a faster, more reliable and consistent wireless experience in the community of Hampton Village in the City of Saskatoon.
"Our customers want high quality wireless access wherever they are, whether flying in and out of the Saskatoon International Airport, working while on the go, or visiting the many recreational facilities, shops and services in Hampton Village," said Rogers’ president Alberta and Prairie Region,…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Connexion will roll out the MediaFirst IPTV platform from MediaKind (previously Ericsson Media Solutions) to its Canadian cable customers starting next year.
The company said Tuesday that the MediaFirst platform will offer customizable video content, wireless receivers, voice activated controls, and access to Android Google Mobile Services “for a complete video offering”. MediaFirst is the same video platform deployed by Bell Fibe, Telus Optik, and SaskTel's MaxTV, and this decision from Cogeco diverges from the path set by Shaw, Rogers and Videotron, who chose Comcast's X1 platform for their next generation TV offering.
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TORONTO – The Rogers Documentary and Cable Network funds will invest $4.68 million in 19 television projects from its June 20, 2018 application deadline.
The next application deadline for the Rogers Cable Network Fund is October 3, 2018, and guidelines and applications forms are available here.
The Rogers Group of Funds offers support to Canadian independent producers through three different types of funding: Rogers Telefund offers loans to Canadian independent producers; Rogers Documentary Fund supports the creation of original Canadian documentaries, and Rogers Cable Network Fund is an equity investor in Canadian programs with a first play on a Canadian…
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LONDON, UK – While all three of Canada's national mobile operators have cranked up their 4G speeds over the last six months, Telus still holds a commanding lead, says OpenSignal in its new semi-annual report Mobile Networks Update: Canada.
The wireless mapping coverage company examined close to 678 million measurements collected from 31,762 mobile test devices between April 1 and June 29, 2018 in its update on Canada scheduled to be officially released this week.
According to the report, average 4G download speeds in Canada rose by at least 5 Mbps for Bell, Rogers and Telus. Bell posted the biggest gains, with its 4G…
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TORONTO and VANCOUVER — Hundreds of phone calls to northern Canada are failing to get through, and Iristel and Telus have their own theories as to why, each accusing the other company of engaging in suspect telecom practices that it claims are the underlying cause.
Iristel is claiming Telus in late May intentionally reduced its network capacity on certain toll transit circuits that carry Telus traffic to Iristel numbers in the 867 numbering plan area (NPA) in northern Canada, causing congestion in the network that has in turn caused hundreds of phone calls from Telus customers to certain Iristel end…
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MONTREAL — Growth in Quebecor’s telecom business helped to offset a decline in its media segment, enabling the communications company to maintain relatively flat revenues in the second quarter of 2018.
Quebecor released its consolidated financial results on Thursday, reporting its Q2 2018 revenues of $1.04 billion were up $4.9 million, or 0.5%, compared to the second quarter of 2017. The company’s second-quarter 2018 adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) was $417.1 million, an increase of $12.8 million or 3.2% from the same quarter of 2017.
However, Quebecor’s net income attributable to shareholders was only $41.3 million, or…
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TORONTO — Football fans across Canada should soon be able to include NFL Sunday Ticket in their cable or satellite subscriptions again, after live sports streaming service DAZN Canada announced Tuesday it has entered into distribution agreements with Bell, Rogers, Shaw, SaskTel and other cable/satellite providers to carry NFL Sunday Ticket this upcoming season.
Mid-summer last year, cable and satellite providers in Canada were no longer able to offer NFL Sunday Ticket to their residential subscribers after DAZN Canada bought the rights to distribute all out-of-market NFL games on its streaming service and launched its NFL Game Pass…
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TORONTO — Sports fans in Toronto will have a new place to gather and grab a meal as Sportsnet announces its new restaurant, Sportsnet Grill, overlooking the Rogers Centre in downtown Toronto, will open on Wednesday.
Located at 1 Blue Jays Way inside the Marriott City Centre Hotel, Sportsnet Grill is a 220-seat, sports-themed restaurant that overlooks the Rogers Centre playing field, making it a prime destination for sports fans looking for a night out in a unique setting, Sportsnet said in a news release announcing the restaurant’s grand opening.
“In partnership with the Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel, we’ve…
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OTTAWA — Canada’s largest, vertically integrated BDUs have a little over a year to start providing set-top box data to a national STB-based audience measurement system — a new condition of licence imposed by the CRTC when it announced August 2 the collective renewal of soon-to-expire licences for various terrestrial BDUs.
As it renews their respective licences for a new term starting September 1, 2018, the CRTC is imposing a condition of licence on Bell, Rogers, Shaw and Videotron that will require them to provide the set-top box (STB) data they collect regarding programming services they distribute to a national…
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DARTMOUTH, NS — Newcap Radio owner Newfoundland Capital Corporation reported Thursday its revenues in the second quarter of 2018 were down slightly compared to Q2 2017, saying its expansion into the Kamloops, BC, market had provided revenue growth to help offset soft results in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador.
These were the first financial quarter results released from the company since its proposed acquisition by Stingray Digital Group was announced in May. On June 27, Newfoundland Capital’s shareholders approved the acquisition arrangement with Stingray, and the company received final court approval after the second quarter ended. Stingray’s acquisition of…
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