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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ABBOTSFORD, BC – Rogers and Fido customers shopping at Abbotsford’s Highstreet Shopping Centre are now enjoying improved wireless service.
Rogers said Monday that it has improved LTE coverage, allowing customers to make calls, access the internet, stream music and video at the open-air mall, which features retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters and a community plaza. Businesses, too, will now have the ability to connect more quickly with customers and colleagues. The improved coverage also extends to adjacent commercial businesses and residents in this growing Fraser Valley community.
"Our customers want to stay connected wherever they are," said Rogers’ regional VP Perm…
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TORONTO – Rogers says that it wants to help Canadian small businesses create greater flexibility for their workforces with its Rogers Unison mobile solution.
Launched last year, Rogers Unison uses a web portal to allow small businesses customers to connect with customers and employees regardless of location. It also supports how small businesses work by offering the features of a traditional phone system across multiple devices – including mobile phones, desk phones, laptops and tablets – all synced to one phone number.
New key features for small businesses include call pull, which allows calls to be moved between devices, from…
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TORONTO – The union which represents media workers at Rogers' OMNI TV said Wednesday it is taking legal action in response to the company’s decision to have Fairchild TV produce its newscasts in Mandarin and Cantonese.
"This $20-billion broadcaster is in violation of its CRTC licence to produce its own news coverage," said Unifor National president Jerry Dias, in a press release. "Rogers promised the CRTC it would cover the news with its in-house staff. It is not supposed to get millions in customer fees, and then renege on that promise as soon as it gets the CRTC licence."
Rogers…
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TORONTO – Canadian mobile repair service Mobile Klinik is expanding in to Western Canada after buying the mobilFIX and Dr. Mobile smartphone repair businesses. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Established in 2013, mobilFIX and Dr. Mobile operate two locations each in West Edmonton Mall, while mobilFIX also operates another three locations in the Edmonton area. All seven current locations will remain open to serve customers as they transition to the Mobile Klinik brand. Two new locations in Alberta are scheduled to open shortly as Mobile Klinik.
“This acquisition both accelerates our profitable growth and will anchor our…
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TORONTO – Rogers’ second longest-serving employee ever is calling it a career after 50 years of reporting on Toronto’s traffic.
Russ Holden (pictured) joined the company in 1967 in the operations department at radio station 98.1 CHFI, followed by years in commercial and program production. He then took to the sky as an airborne traffic reporter, spending decades informing Toronto and cottage country radio audiences of the latest traffic news. Holden later moved to 680 NEWS as a traffic reporter when the all-news radio station hit the airwaves in 1993, and most recently has appeared on Breakfast Television Toronto.
During his…
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