Says the company is in no hurry to sell spectrum outside of Quebec
MONTREAL – Quebecor turned in a good fiscal 2016 on Wednesday as revenues and income climbed on wireless additions and better than expected cable subscriber results.
2016 revenues were $4.02 billion, up 3.2% from 2015 and adjusted operating income was up 3.7% to $1.49 billion. Net income attributable to shareholders was $194.7 million, an increase of $42.9 million over 2015. Adjusted income from continuing operating activities was $305.5 million an increase of 27.3%.
Vidéotron significantly increased its revenues from mobile telephony (by $106.7 million or 26.4%), Internet access ($58…
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OTTAWA – While Canadian viewers continue to cut their TV cords, they still remain a small fraction of the total TV market, says new research released Wednesday.
Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services said that the big, publicly traded traditional TV service providers – Rogers, Shaw/Shaw Direct, BCE, Videotron, Cogeco, Telus, and MTS, combined lost 202,000 TV subscribers in their respective 2016/2017 fiscal years, up from 160,000 lost in their 2015/2016 fiscal years.
But the report found a shift in trends, noting that the cable companies lost fewer subscribers and that the IPTV providers saw subscriber growth slow significantly.
“The…
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TORONTO – Rogers is helping Canadian businesses to better safeguard themselves online with a new cloud-based service designed to protect their social media accounts.
Social Media Security by Rogers monitors, identifies and takes quick action against potential threats or hacks to profiles on a business' social media channels, the company said Wednesday. The service includes tools from U.S. cybersecurity company ZeroFOX that can identify malicious posts, profiles, content and false accounts; provide real-time alerts of security threats including customer scams, piracy, account take-overs and impersonations; and facilitate an expedited take down of content.
"A cyber attack on a social media profile…
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WOODSTOCK, Ont. – Be it fibre, coaxial, wireless, or copper – on their own networks, or as a wholesale provider – Execulink will serve customers by any means possible.
That’s the mantra which has been passed down through four generations of Stevens family members who have run the company or its predecessors. “We service every client category,” said CEO Ian Stevens, in an interview with Cartt.ca at the company’s Woodstock, Ont. headquarters. “You drive down a road and you go from a farmer to somebody who’s living in a small community for a lifestyle, to a retired person, to a…
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VANCOUVER – Sportsnet has inked a new, five-year agreement with the Vancouver Canucks that will see all of the team's games air on Rogers radio beginning with the 2017/18 NHL season.
The new deal means that Sportsnet has locked up all 82 Canucks games, and pledged to make them available live on TV, radio, Sportsnet Now, and Rogers NHL GameCentre Live.
“We have incredibly strong radio brands in the Vancouver market, and we are excited to build on our premium content with the acquisition of the Canucks games,” said Rogers Media Radio SVP Julie Adam, in the news release. “As we’ve seen with our…
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LAST WEDNESDAY, THE CRTC ordered Sugar Mobile, a discount wireless services provider, to stop its unauthorized use of Rogers Communications’ wireless network. The telecommunications regulator found that Ice Wireless, Sugar Mobile’s sister company, had “improperly allowed the end-users of cellular network.”
The CRTC’s decision is welcome news, and reaffirms its commitment to promote facilities-based competition in Canada’s wireless sector.
Ice Wireless is a wireless service provider operating in the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut. It owns a wireless network in the territories, but has a roaming…
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TORONTO – Rogers and Baseball Canada have struck a three-year partnership designed to help grow the game nationwide.
The agreement includes sponsorship of Team Canada (including junior national, senior national, and women’s national teams) as well as content creation opportunities for Rogers. Sportsnet will broadcast 29 games of the upcoming 2017 World Baseball Classic, including all Team Canada games and the playoffs.
“Baseball matters to Canadians, and we are committed to connecting fans to the game they love,” said Rogers’ chief brand officer Dale Hooper, in the news release. “This partnership gives us another opportunity to elevate the sport in…
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TORONTO – Just in time for March Break, Bell Media’s pop-culture channel Much will kick off a national free preview from March 7 until April 4.
Home to comedy classics South Park, The Simpsons, and American Dad, Much will also serve up new British comedy Brotherhood, genre-busting prank show Fameless, plus the debut of Conan O’Brien’s new Conan Without Borders: Made In Mexico special (pictured).
Much’s freeview is available through television service providers including Bell, Bell Aliant, Cogeco, Eastlink, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw, Shaw Direct, Telus, Videotron, and several CCSA partners including Westman Communications Group and Tbaytel.
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TORONTO – Digital radio streaming app Radioplayer Canada launched Wednesday, billed as a partnership between the country’s private radio broadcasters, CBC/Radio-Canada, and campus and community stations.
The free Radioplayer Canada app gives radio listeners access to nearly every style of music, news, talk, and entertainment content, in both official languages, on any connected device, at any time of day, from anywhere, reads the news release.
Listeners may access live and catch-up radio broadcasts across the country through Radioplayer Canada's browser-player, and on connected devices through the iOS or Android app, including integrations with Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Chromecast, and smartwatches.
CBC/Radio-Canada confirmed…
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GATINEAU – Today, the CRTC announced changes to the proposed final terms and conditions for the mandated mandated wholesale roaming offered by Bell, Rogers and Telus.
The changes, once implemented and approved by the Commission, “will ensure that, among other things, the incumbents’ tariffs (i) reflect the policy established in Telecom Regulatory Policy 2015-177; (ii) define the scope of mandated wholesale roaming to avoid potential anti-competitive behaviour by the incumbents; (iii) recognize the principle that the incumbents are not required to provide access to their networks to service providers and their customers that do not qualify…
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