TORONTO – Newton Cable founder Carl Newton was laid to rest in Toronto earlier this week after his passing on September 15.
Newton was the owner operator of Willowdowns Cable, founded in the late 1960s, which was subsequently rebranded as Newton Cable. The system served approximately 10,000 subscribers in northwestern Toronto before being purchased by Rogers Cable in 1992.
His obituary is available here.
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WATERLOO, ON – Rogers Communications rolled out its Connected for Success program in the Region of Waterloo Wednesday, offering its inexpensive Internet service to approximately 12,000 low-income housing tenants in the surrounding communities.
The service, available for $9.99 per month, includes speeds of up to 10 Mbps download and up to 1 Mbps upload and requires no contract or credit checks upon sign up.
The Region of Waterloo is the 190th housing provider to partner with Rogers on Connected for Success since the program’s inception in 2013. To date, more than 15,000 households across Rogers’ cable footprint in Ontario, New Brunswick…
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And no, that doesn’t impact Viceland
TORONTO – Starting October 16th, the edgy Vice News Tonight will anchor prime time for Bell Media’s Much channel (it still seems weird not to call it MuchMusic…).
In an exclusive deal announced today, Bell Media and Vice Media have partnered to bring the news show to Canadians this fall. Produced in Brooklyn, NY four times per week, the 30-minute news program is set to anchor Much’s new fall schedule Monday to Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, beginning October 16. It will also air on HBO Canada Monday to Thursday at 11…
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WATERLOO, ON – Rogers Communications is planning to extend its Connected for Success program to Waterloo.
At an event scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, Rogers is expected to announce a partnership with Waterloo Region Housing to offer its inexpensive Internet service to individuals living in subsidized housing.
According to Rogers’ website, the company has partnered with 191 housing providers since launching the service in 2013, and over 15,500 participants have signed on.
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TORONTO – Sports rivals TSN and Sportsnet are once again sharing the Toronto Raptors broadcasts this year, each announcing plans to air 41 of the team’s regular season games during the 2017/18 NBA season.
For the first time, all 41 of the team’s regular season home games will air in 4K. All 82 Raptors telecasts will be produced by NBA TV Canada, and veteran play-by-play voice Matt Devlin will call the action for a 10th season.
TSN’s coverage begins with the Raptors’ season opener vs Chicago on October 19 at 7:00 PM ET and coverage will also be available for live streaming…
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MONTREAL – While some cable companies are eliminating community TV stations, Cogeco instead is investing in theirs and has renamed its community television stations in Ontario and Quebec to better reflect its ties to the local communities that it serves.
The 19 CogecoTV stations in Ontario are now branded ‘YourTV’ and its 15 Québec stations will now be known as ‘NousTV’. Cogeco made the announcement at the same time as it released its slate of new fall programming, available at Facebook.com/yourtvontario/ and Facebook.com/NousTVQuebec
“This change in the image of our community television…
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TORONTO – With the NHL pre-season kicking off in days, Sportsnet said Friday that it will serve up 56 Toronto Maple Leafs games in the 2017-18 NHL season.
Sportsnet will air 56 games on television (40 national games and 16 regional matchups) and on Sportsnet Now, 41 games on radio on Sportsnet 590 The Fan, and all 82 games online at Rogers NHL Live (formerly Rogers NHL GameCentre LIVE).
The action gets underway on October 4, the opening night of the NHL season, when Toronto visits the Winnipeg Jets at 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT on Sportsnet.
The…
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MTS integration proceeding well, no 600 MHz set asides required
TORONTO – Bell Canada Enterprises CEO George Cope, like any wireless executive in Canada these days, is feeling pretty good.
All companies are posting strong recent subscriber additions and see growth continuing. Speaking to the BMO Capital Markets Media and Telecom Conference in Toronto on Tuesday, Cope pointed to the fact Canada has grown by 350,000 immigrants – and the phones and plans they buy – during the past 12 months or so as a leading reason why the business is so buoyant.
Add all those new Canadians to the growth of…
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Plus, spectrum set asides are a bad idea
TORONTO – Customer service at Rogers had better improve because on Tuesday, CEO Joe Natale put a target in front of himself and his company at which to aim.
While speaking at the BMO Capital Markets Media and Telecom Conference, Natale revealed how removing customer service friction points which he has noted during his five months at Rogers makes him believe “we can get anywhere from 100 to 200 basis points of margin improvement in the next 12 to 18 months,” by tackling various issues, he said.
“To date Rogers has done a good…
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TORONTO – Smartphone and tablet repair company Mobile Klinik has secured $6.85 million in Series B funding to fuel its growth strategy.
The equity investment round was led by Kensington Capital Partners and includes individual investors such as Tim McGuire, former senior partner, global retail and consumer practice leader at McKinsey & Company, and Rob Pitfield, former group head, international and chief risk officer at Scotiabank.
McGuire has also joined Mobile Klinik’s board of directors where he will serve as chairman. Mike McKenna, former director of TMT investment banking at Scotiabank, has joined Mobile Klinik as CFO and will also join…
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