ST. JOHN'S – Rogers has brought its Ignite Gigabit and Ignite Gigabit for business Internet services to The Rock, launching Tuesday in neighbourhoods across St. John’s.
Delivering Rogers' fastest speeds, the company said that this local Newfoundland infrastructure investment gives customers what they want the most: extraordinary speed and unlimited data across multiple devices simultaneously.
"Rogers Ignite Internet is ideal for these connected households with multiple devices – at top speeds, customers can download an HD movie in less than 30 seconds, a full album in less than one second, and a game in about five minutes," said Kelly Atkinson, Rogers’ EVP…
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TORONTO – VMedia Inc. isn’t bowing to pressure from Bell Media to remove CTV and CTV2 from its live TV online streaming service. After Bell sent the company a cease and desist letter on September 29, VMedia followed up with a lawsuit, launched on October 3.
The independent ISP and broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) unveiled its new TV streaming service on September 16. For $17.95 per month, Canadians can get 20 live TV channels, including all the major TV networks in Canada and the U.S., over a Roku video streaming player or on a Roku TV.
VMedia…
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TORONTO – Former Cogeco exec Antonio (Tony) Ciciretto as has been named president and CEO of TeraGo Inc. effective immediately, replacing Stewart Lyons.
Most recently president and CEO of Cogeco Peer 1 (formerly known as Cogeco Data Services), Ciciretto (pictured) also co-founded and was president of private investment firm TVN Group, plus held senior roles at Rogers Business Solutions and Bell Canada.
In addition to his role president and CEO, Ciciretto will also continue to serve as a member of TeraGo's Board of Directors.
"We are thrilled with the appointment of Mr. Ciciretto as the next TeraGo President and CEO," said Jim Nikopoulos, chair…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media is dropping some of its magazine titles and moving others to online only as it struggles with declining print readership.
The company said Friday that it will zero in on its English-language consumer brands by focussing on the “content pillars” of entertainment, lifestyle, parenting, news and current affairs, and sports. Starting this fall, Rogers will divest of all business-to-business publications plus will seek new ownership for French-language publications Châtelaine, LOULOU, and L'actualité.
Beginning in January, Flare, Sportsnet, MoneySense, and Canadian Business will be available only on the web and on apps, and some magazines will reduce their…
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GATINEAU – The full results of a first-of-its-kind independent, national study on broadband performance in Canada shows that Internet service providers (ISPs) largely meet or exceed their advertised download and upload speeds.
Participating ISPs in the survey (announced last year and for which preliminary results were made public in the spring), conducted by SamKnows and which was commissioned by the CRTC, included all the main wireline service providers in Canada, with the exception of Sasktel, which declined to participate, said the CRTC in a press release this afternoon.
The data collected will…
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TORONTO – UK-based digital radio streaming service Radioplayer is coming to Canada after joining forces with 15 Canadian radio broadcasters.
Launching later this year, the free app will allow Canadians access to their favourite English and French entertainment, news, sports and talk radio stations from Central Ontario Broadcasting, Clear Sky Radio, Cogeco, Corus, Durham Radio, Golden West, Harvard Broadcasting, Larche Communications, Newcap Radio, Pattison, Rogers, Rawlco Radio, RNC Media, Saskatoon Media Group, and Vista Radio.
Listeners will be able to access live and past radio broadcasts across the country through Radioplayer’s browser-player, and on connected devices through the iOS or Android…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media is buying Tillsonburg Broadcasting Company Limited (TBCL) as it adds to its radio assets in Southwestern Ontario. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Family-owned and operated TBCL owns the radio broadcasting licenses CJDL-FM (Country 107.3) and CKOT-FM (Easy 101) that services markets including Tillsonburg plus larger centres like London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Woodstock, and St. Thomas. Rogers already owns four stations in that region: CHST-FM (102.3 Jack FM) in London and CKGL (570 NEWS), CHYM-FM (CHYM 96.7), and CIKZ-FM (Country 106.7) in Kitchener.
Along with the current team, part-owner and general manager Carolyn Lamers will remain with the…
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MISSISSAUGA – The Rogers family is behind a massive new 10-tower condo project in Mississauga that will be built on a parcel of land that the late Rogers patriarch Ted Rogers once had earmarked for a radio transmitter.
According to a Toronto Star report, the $1.5-billion, 4.3-million-square-foot project will be known as M City, and will include some 6,000 units and over two acres of public parkland. Construction will begin in either late 2017 or early 2018 and will continue in stages as units are pre-sold or rented.
Rogers Real Estate Development Ltd., a private holding company owned by the Rogers…
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GATINEAU – Canada’s broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs) say they are doing what is required of them to meet rules on an entry level small package of TV channels, and that calls from consumer groups for additional provisions on promotions and set top box prices are unwarranted.
Eastlink noted its in final reply that a request from the Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) to include comparison charts explaining the differences between tiered services and the small basic package should be denied.
“As noted by other parties during the hearing, when one takes into account both…
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TORONTO – Shaw Communications and Rogers Communications have decided to shut down their joint Canadian subscription video on demand service shomi after less than two years in operation.
A statement on Monday confirmed that the service is winding down, a process that will be completed by November 30, 2016.
"The business climate and online video marketplace has changed markedly in the last few years”, reads the statement by shomi SVP and GM David Asch. “Combined with the fact that the business is more challenging to operate than we expected, we've decided to wind down our operations."
The move signals an end to…
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