TORONTO – ZoomerMedia's OneTV is getting fit for spring with a fresh tagline and a new original new fitness series.
Anjelica’s Dance Workout, which will debut April 3 and air daily at 8:00 AM ET and 7:00 PM ET, is a new 30-minute exercise show that incorporates Flamenco, Bellydance, Brazilian, Irish, and contemporary world dance into an easy-to-follow and fun cardio routine for all ages, shapes, and sizes. Executive produced by ZoomerMedia founder Moses Znaimer, the show stars Toronto-based dancer, actor and comedienne Anjelica Scannura (pictured below). Click here for a promo.
While OneTV’s genre remains the same, the new…
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TORONTO – Rogers EnRoute, the company’s customer service tool which allows subscribers to use their smartphone to track exactly when a technician will arrive for an installation or service call, is now available across the entire Rogers Cable footprint, the company announced Monday.
The tool, launched late last year in Hamilton, sends a unique URL to the customer by email or text once an appointment has been booked, and then on the day of the appointment, a reminder notification is sent, along with an updated ETA. Once the technician is on the way, customers may receive…
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TORONTO – As Canada’s boys of summer prepare to take the field, Rogers’ Sportsnet will once again offer extensive Toronto Blue Jays coverage on TV, radio and digitally.
All 162 Blue Jays games will be available on Sportsnet, Sportsnet Now and the Sportsnet Radio Network. Sportsnet will also produce and air all of the team’s 81 home games in 4K.
The 2017 Blue Jays campaign gets underway on Monday, April 3 with the season opener against the Baltimore Orioles at 2:00 PM ET/11:00 AM PT.
Click here for the full release.
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OTTAWA – While some might say that a review of the Broadcasting Act and Telecom Act has more or less already begun with Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly’s “everything is on the table” consultations on Canadian Content in a Digital World, the federal government’s 2017 budget, released Wednesday, confirmed that a more formal review will begin this year.
While Minister Joly and the federal government have not given any formal indications on where her consultation will lead when it comes to new law or policies (so far, just a detailed summary of her cross-country consultations has been released), the budget…
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TORONTO – Canadian sports fans now have an all-access pass to beIN Sports during a free preview on now through April 19.
The freeview will serve up exclusive access to coverage of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final match featuring Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid on April 12 at 2:45 PM ET, soccer action from LaLiga, Serie A and Ligue 1, and international MotoGP Grand Prix races from Qatar and Argentina.
“From top European soccer to thrilling motorcycle racing, this is an extraordinary opportunity for Canadians to experience a jam-packed month of international sports coverage and to discover all the excitement that beIN…
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GATINEAU – In honour of Canada’s 150 birthday, the CRTC unveiled the names of 23 trailblazers that have helped shape the Canadian communications system. Representing a broad cross section of Canadian society, they come from the broadcasting and telecommunications worlds as well as science and journalism.
Well-known personalities such as Ted Rogers, founder of Rogers Communications, Israel (Izzy) Asper, founder of CanWest Global and Harold Greenberg, one of the founders of Astral Media made the list.
Jeanne Sauvé, Canada’s first woman Governor General and one of the first women to make a career in television, was selected. Also making the list…
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TORONTO – Competition between Canada’s telecommunications and cable companies will rise to unprecedented levels in the coming years as companies keep spending to improve their network fibre-optic infrastructure, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.
The report, ‘Broadband Communications – Canada: Unique Market Structure Guides Capital Spending for Broadband Providers’, says the investment is unlikely to yield a definitive winner in the long run. Rather, based on their investments and advances in internet protocols, the companies' technological capabilities are more likely to converge.
"Canadian broadband communications companies will continue investing in their networks over the next decade, driving their…
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MONTREAL – Today the Federal Court of appeal swiftly turned away an appeal of an injunction that blocks the sale of preloaded TV boxes which allow users unauthorized access to TV programming in Canada.
In July, Bell, Rogers and Vidéotron were granted an injunction against 11 defendants who were selling Android-powered boxes which were pre loaded with software that delivers unauthorized TV signals to users who purchased the box – but did not pay for any of the programming. Companies with names such as iTVBox.net, My Electronics, Android Bros Inc., WatchNSaveNow Inc. and MtlFreeTV.com were often marketing the…
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WOODSTOCK, en Ontario – Que ce soit avec de la fibre, du coaxial, du sans-fil ou du cuivre – sur leurs propres réseaux ou comme un fournisseur de gros – Execulink sert ses clients par tous les moyens possibles.
C’est la devise qui a été transmise sur quatre générations dans la famille Stevens, propriétaire de la compagnie et ses prédécesseurs. « Nous desservons chaque catégorie de clients, » raconte le PDG Ian Stevens, dans une interview avec Cartt.ca à Woodstock, le siège social de la compagnie, en Ontario. « Sur une route, vous pouvez croiser un agriculteur, quelqu'un qui vit dans une petite…
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Rogers Media, Bell Media, boost commerical wholesale rates
TORONTO – As of May 1st, TSN, RDS and Sportsnet will no longer be included in the basic TV packages of businesses which have a liquor licence (outside Quebec), Bell TV has told its business customers.
These channels will instead be offered separately in two premium sports packages at an additional cost determined by the business’ seating capacity, the company told customers. Without a business account number, we can’t see what the new costs are, but you can click here for the explanation.
UPDATE: Cartt.ca has learned that since this…
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