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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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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