However, it's likely just temporary
OTTAWA – While Canada’s publicly traded television service providers lost almost 20% fewer TV subscribers in 2017 versus 2016, this is likely a temporary positive turn in a long road of permanent TV subscriber declines in the future, according to new research released Wednesday.
Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services found that BCE, Rogers, Shaw, Vidéotron, Cogeco, and Telus combined lost approximately 166,000 in their respective 2017 fiscal years, down from an estimated 205,000 lost in the previous year.
Boon Dog partner Mario Mota credited the improved cord-cutting numbers for 2017 to the…
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Part VIII in our series on rewriting the Telecom and Broadcasting Acts
IT’S BEEN PRETTY CLEAR throughout Cartt.ca’s investigation of the opportunities and challenges associated with modernizing Canada’s telecommunications and broadcasting legislative frameworks that the Broadcasting Act appears most in need of updating.
We won’t rehash it here (check the prior seven articles on our “Investigates” page), but think Netflix and their online TV provider brethren and the myriad challenges facing media. That said, the Telecommunications Act requires some tweaking, too, according to interviews and comments in industry fora.
It’s been nearly two years since broadband services were…
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8e partie dans notre série sur la révision des Lois sur la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications
IL APPARAÎT CLAIREMENT au fil de notre enquête sur les défis et opportunités associés à la modernisation du cadre législatif de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications que la Loi sur la radiodiffusion semble celle qui a le plus besoin d’une mise à jour.
Nous ne passerons pas en revue tous les arguments (consultez les sept articles précédents sous l’onglet «Investigate»), mais pensez à Netflix et leurs confrères fournisseurs de télévision en ligne et à la myriade de défis rencontrés par…
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TORONTO – As the fight for the NBA playoffs heats up, some 1.67 million Canadians tuned in to see at least part of the Toronto Raptors’ defeat of the Houston Rockets 108-105 last Friday, says Sportsnet.
The game, which aired on Sportsnet One and Sportsnet Ontario, averaged 552,000 viewers, making it the most-watched regular season Raptors game ever on Canadian television. Audiences peaked at 1.1 million viewers in the final few minutes of the game, and the matchup was also the most-watched program of the night in the adult 25-54 demographic.
“The excitement for the Raptors is clearly building right across the…
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OTTAWA – Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) chair Sylvie Courtemanche has been named Woman of the Year by Women in Communications and Technology (WCT).
Prior to joining CBSC in January, Courtemanche (pictured) was a senior executive at Corus for both regulatory matters and government relations. She has also held roles as EVP policy and regulatory affairs for the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, legal counsel at the CRTC, and had her own consulting practice related to broadcasting and telecommunications in Canada.
Cogeco Connexion was named company of the year, and WCT also named 9 other recipients of its annual awards, which recognize…
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Monthly data usage cap boosted to 100 GB
BRAMPTON, ON – Rogers Communications’ inexpensive Internet service is now available in all of its service areas after rolling out Tuesday in in Ontario's Peel Region.
Rogers has teamed up with SHIP (Services and Housing in the Province), making the $9.99 per month service now available to more than 12,000 households in the Peel region through close to 20 housing partners. Connected for Success is available to rent-geared-to-income and subsidized tenants who live in non-profit housing or co-ops and requires no contract or credit checks upon sign up.
"Affordable internet access will ensure our…
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OTTAWA – Residents in the nation's capital now have a new source for local news with the launch of OttawaMatters.com.
With editorial coverage led by Rogers Media's news and talk radio station 1310 NEWS, the digital news site provides breaking local news coverage, feature stories, entertainment, obituaries, classifieds community events, and weather.
The site also offers a live stream video from Rogers tv Ottawa, including morning talk show Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe, daytime Ottawa and Ottawa Eats, plus coverage of high school sports and local events.
OttawaMatters.com will serve residents of Ottawa, the Ottawa Valley, and Gatineau….
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BRAMPTON – Rogers Communications and Services and Housing in the Province (SHIP) will officially announce Tuesday they have partnered to bring low-cost internet to subsidized households in the Peel region with Rogers' Connected for Success program.
The announcement will feature Brampton Centre MP Ramesh Sangha, Mayor of Brampton Linda Jeffrey, Brampton West MPP Vic Dhillon, as well as representatives from both Rogers and SHIP.
Cartt.ca will have more on this announcement Tuesday.
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GATINEAU – In a complaint filed with the CRTC last week, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance says Rogers Media is violating a number of CRTC policies in refusing to let its members launch or re-package channels as contract negotiations drag on.
The CCSA represents over 115 independent broadband and video carriers which collectively serve approximately 350,000 Canadians, in areas which compete with one or more of the bigger providers, or in more rural regions.
In the complaint, filed February 22nd and posted to the Commission’s website Wednesday, the CCSA says Rogers Media Inc. is now refusing to permit CCSA members to…
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OTTAWA – Despite pleas for lots more, the federal government has given a small boost to local journalism, providing one or more still to be determined independent non-governmental organizations with $50 million over five years to support such efforts in underserved communities.
Budget 2018 noted “As more and more people get their news online, and share their interests directly through social media, many communities have been left without local newspapers to tell their stories.”
The Liberals will also be exploring new local news business models that could see greater involvement of private and philanthropic support “for trusted, professional, non-profit and local…
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