TORONTO – As hockey fans prepare for their favourite time of year, Sportsnet announced that it will ice every regular season game played by the Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames in the 2017-18 NHL season.
All 82 Canucks regular season games will be available on both TV and radio on Sportsnet 650. The Canucks’ broadcast schedule, featuring 36 national games and 46 regional games, gets underway with Hockey Night in Canada’s season opener on Saturday, October 7 at 7:00 PM PT / 10:00 PM ET. Sportsnet Pacific will be home to 42 of the 46 regional Canucks…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has decided to push forward with a launch of wholesale fibre access for independent ISPs using interim rates it has laid out for the disaggregated wholesale high-speed access (HAS) services that Bell, Rogers, Cogeco and Videotron may charge competitors in Ontario and Quebec.
The Commission said Tuesday that Telecom Decision 2017-312 will allow providers in those provinces access to services based on a new architecture that will foster competition in the broadband Internet market, despite the Regulator’s ongoing review to establish final rates for these services.
“The availability of disaggregated wholesale HSA services will enable competitors…
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MONTREAL – Videotron will be the next Canadian TV service provider to roll out Comcast’s X1 interactive cable platform.
The Quebec company confirmed Tuesday that it has reached a strategic partnership with Comcast aimed at developing and delivering an IPTV service based on the award-winning Xfinity X1 platform “that will support a peerless customer experience for Videotron customers”.
X1 allows users to search and navigate live TV, on demand movies and shows, web video, apps and more in a simple, fast and intuitive way – and with a voice-activated remote.
When contacted by Cartt.ca, Videotron declined to disclose…
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TORONTO – Sportsnet has unveiled a new brand campaign that seeks to recognize sport as a powerful connector that brings diverse communities together.
Entitled ‘United By Sport’, the campaign is being rolled out through a 60-second TV spot and out-of-home media, in addition to radio, digital and social placements across all Rogers Media channels. It will also be integrated into sporting venues across the country through Sportsnet’s NHL, NBA and MLB team partnerships, the network said.
“Sport brings Canadians together. It transcends gender, age and ethnicity, and is what allows us to put aside our differences and just share a moment….
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CALGARY – Rogers Communications is increasing its LTE coverage in Lethbridge and between Banff and Calgary to provide Rogers and Fido customers with faster speeds and more seamless network connectivity.
Rogers said Monday that it is expanding its wireless service at the new ATB Centre in West Lethbridge, in residential Lethbridge, and along the Trans-Canada Highway between Banff and Calgary.
Specifically, a new cell tower in West Lethbridge now provides Rogers wireless service in the 42,000 square foot city's recreation complex as visitors take in regional, provincial, and national ice competitions, attractions, and special events. Residents and businesses in the Mayor…
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TORONTO – City is set to roll out its new fall TV schedule starting September 10 with a lineup that includes four new series, three new-to-City series, two live musical events, and 17 returning favourites.
The Rogers-owned broadcaster said Monday that the new series include sci-fi adventure comedy The Orville, set to debut September 10 at 8:00 PM before moving to Thursday’s at 9:00 PM starting September 21; new original series Bad Blood, a true crime story inspired by reputed Montreal mobster Vito Rizzuto, will begin September 21 at 8:00 PM; Ghosted, which sees a skeptic and a paranormal believer team up…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s publicly traded television service providers combined lost 22% fewer TV subscribers in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016, bucking the recent trend of accelerating TV cord-cutting in, according to new research released Monday.
Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services also found that BCE, Rogers, Shaw/Shaw Direct, Vidéotron, Cogeco, and Telus combined lost approximately 100,931 TV subscribers in their respective fiscal 2017 first and second quarters, down from the 129,000 lost in the same quarters in 2016.
“The significant turnaround in TV subscriber performance at Shaw Cable as a…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications continues to fight for the right to charge copyright holders a fee for tracking down movie pirates on its networks, announcing that it has filed with the Supreme Court a notice of application to appeal a previous Federal Court of Appeal decision on the matter.
In May, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled that Rogers is not allowed to demand a fee from copyright owners who ask the giant ISP to help track down individuals suspected of pirating movie and TV content. Rogers had until early August to appeal the decision, which it has done…
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MONTREAL — Quebecor announced Friday the appointment of Martin Tremblay as the new chief operating officer of the company’s Sports and Entertainment Group. Previously vice-president of public affairs for Quebecor, Tremblay now becomes a member of the company’s executive committee with this appointment.
Tremblay will be based in Quebec City to ensure the development of Quebecor’s Sports and Entertainment Group and the optimal coordination of its operations, the company said in a press release. As part of his role, Tremblay will be responsible for all of the activities of the Gestev event management division, the Videotron Center, and…
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TORONTO — Having been given CRTC approval in May to operate its national, multicultural OMNI Regional service as a must-carry, basic-service specialty channel, Rogers Media is building up the channel’s multilingual news content, with daily news in Mandarin and Cantonese scheduled to begin September 1.
A Rogers Media spokesperson has told Cartt.ca that the company has reached a service agreement with Fairchild Television to provide studio and production support for 30-minute daily national news broadcasts in Mandarin and Cantonese. Under the editorial direction of Rogers Media, these half-hour news broadcasts will be produced by Fairchild TV and televised exclusively on…
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