GATINEAU – The CRTC has pushed back its deadline for comments pertaining to TV channels wishing to renew their places in the basic programming package.
After recently announcing that it would kick off its 9(1)(h) hearing on April 30, the Commission said Wednesday that the deadline to submit interventions, comments and answers is now December 8, 2017, and not November 16 as first announced. The deadline for the applicants to submit their replies is December 18.
The new deadlines comes as a result of a joint procedural request from BCE, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, Cogeco, Quebecor, Rogers, Shaw and…
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TORONTO – Newcomers to Canada use their mobile phone more than the general Canadian population, stream more content, and enjoy watching basketball, according to a new report released Tuesday.
Solution Research Group’s Newcomers to Canada research study explores consumer behaviours, social attitudes and demographics of newcomers in the last 10 years. The study polled 1,149 newcomers from China, South Asia, The Philippines, North Africa and the Middle East, as well as Latin and Central America.
According to the report, the newcomer market is increasing in importance socially and economically because of their record numbers (2.6 million since 2007) and habits that…
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TORONTO — While Canada may still lag a little behind other countries in rolling out more advanced advertising such as addressable ads, Canadian media companies are seeing some success with using data-enhanced TV capabilities to provide value and better targeted audiences to advertisers.
At last week’s CTAM Canada Broadcaster Forum, two separate panel discussions provided an overview of the advanced advertising landscape in Canada and other markets, including the U.S. and the U.K.
Kristie Painting, vice-president of digital platforms and revenue management for Bell Media, said her company uses both addressable TV and data-enhanced TV to provide advanced advertising options to…
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TORONTO — Canada’s major media companies are presenting a united front as they prepare to combat piracy of their TV content.
A special panel discussion at last week's CTAM Canada Broadcaster Forum provided a comprehensive overview of the impact of piracy on the broadcasting industry as legal experts from Bell, Rogers and Quebecor talk about their biggest concerns as they all believe illegal streaming of pirated TV content is on the rise in Canada. The panel participants also spoke about potential future strategies and recent victories in their fight against the companies who sell internet-connected set-top boxes which make pirated content so…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications' founder and visionary business leader Ted Rogers is among this year’s inductees that will receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.
The late Rogers (pictured) will be honoured in the category of Business and Entrepreneurship. He joins fellow 2017 inductees civil rights icon Viola Desmond, athlete Donovan Bailey, singer Stompin’ Tom Connors, Academy Award-winning actress Anna Paquin, and environmentalist David Suzuki.
All of the inductees will be honoured at an event on November 15 at the Liberty Grand in Toronto. The evening will also feature the unveiling of a special star for Canada in commemoration of…
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RANDY LENNOX IS beloved in the music business. Leading Universal Music Canada for close to 20 years, he was instrumental in finding and developing Canadian talent and growing the Canadian music industry into an acknowledged international force.
The Weeknd, Shawn Mendes, Justin Beiber, Shania Twain, Drake, Hedley, The Tragically Hip are all artists Lennox signed or helped build up. He probably could have remained at Universal until he was old and grey, if he wanted. Earlier this year the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) awarded Lennox (pictured*) the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award for his longstanding…
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WINNIPEG – Rogers rolled out its LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) service Monday in select Manitoba communities, including in Winnipeg, Brandon, Portage La Prairie, Selkirk, Steinbach, Gimli, Morden, Winkler, Churchill, Thompson and Flin Flon.
Billed as the next generation of world-class network technology, LTE-A combines two or more bands of spectrum to create a larger pipe or superhighway for data to travel on, providing a more consistent and worry-free mobile experience for customers.
Rogers added that it has also turned on additional spectrum in Manitoba to provide better coverage in hard-to-reach places like basements, elevators and buildings with thick concrete walls. The LTE coverage…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications CEO Joe Natale is excited to get the company’s next generation TV product into the market so that it can fight its competition “with both hands,” he said.
The company released strong third quarter results Thursday morning, led by wireless gains (despite noting “anemic” demand for the iPhone 8 as the industry waits for the iPhoneX), but the company hopes to return the cool factor to its TV platform when it rolls out Comcast’s vaunted X1 solution, complete with voice activated remote control.
Employee trials begin next month with about 1,000 Rogers people…
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TORONTO – An influx of new wireless customers, the highest in the last eight years, helped to drive up third quarter profits at Rogers Communications by 112%, the company said Thursday.
For the period ended September 30, 2017, net income of $467 million was more than double the $220 million posted in the same period last year. Adjusted net income increased 22% from $427 million to $523 million, primarily due to higher adjusted operating profit and lower depreciation and amortization.
Revenue of $3.58 billion increased 3% this quarter from $3.49 billion year-over-year, largely driven by Wireless service growth of 7%. Wireless service…
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U.S. cable comes to the defence
WASHINGTON – Every now and then the spectre of Canadian TV distributors having to pay retransmission fees for their carriage of American off-air TV channels rears its head. Now, thanks to the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it’s rising to the fore once again.
Heading into the negotiations, the National Association of Broadcasters (the American broadcasters’ very effective lobby group) made it clear to U.S. trade representatives that they want this new line of revenue from carriers to the north and the south, along with two other key demands.
“While technologies and the…
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