MONTREAL – Quebecor CFO Jean-Francois Pruneau told an investor’s conference Wednesday that despite all of the company’s spectrum holdings beyond its home province, it has no plans to build another national wireless company.
During the CIBC World Markets 2015 Institutional Investor Conference, Pruneau outlined the company’s moves over the last few years and complained about how much its stock price (it closed at $28.58 on Wednesday) undervalues the company. Its recent share repurchase from La Caisse de depot et Placement du Quebec value the company at $36/share, insisted the CFO.
Part of that increased value, he continued, is the market…
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HAMILTON – Cable 14 is gearing up to launch an online service that will allow viewers in the Hamilton area to watch live and on demand video from any web-connected device.
Dubbed Cable 14 Now, the service will debut September 22 to Rogers and Cogeco subscribers in the region at no charge. With programming ranging from election coverage to OHL hockey, in addition to Cable 14’s live web streaming capabilities, regular programming content will also be available on an on demand basis within 48 hours of its linear broadcast.
"Research shows that today's consumers are viewing content and programming in a…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications said Tuesday that it is extending its popular Roam Like Home wireless travel plan to over 40 countries in the Caribbean, Mexico and South and Central America.
Starting immediately, Rogers customers can use the data and unlimited talk and text from their Share Everything plan for a flat fee of $10/day, and will only be charged for a maximum of 10 days on each monthly bill or a maximum of $100. Calls and texts to local numbers in the country they're visiting or back to Canada are included and no long distance charges will apply for those calls.
Rogers recently…
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TORONTO — Encouraging its wireless customers to use ever more data is at the core of Rogers’s new strategic partnership with music streamer Spotify which provides its Share Everything customers with access to the latter’s Premium music streaming service as part of their wireless plan.
As previously reported by Cartt.ca, Rogers’s new Share Everything+ plans allow customers to sign up or upgrade their wireless plans to include access to either Spotify Premium, shomi or Next Issue, starting at $70 per month for a 24-month period. Customers who sign up for Spotify Premium will be provided with up…
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OTTAWA – Ever had to go through the harrowing experience of handing off your wireless device – the handheld tether for your entire life – to your service provider because it’s on the fritz only to have to wait a week or longer to get it back? Well Mobile Klinik, the brainchild of former wireless industry heavyweights, is here to make the process of fixing a mobile phone as painless as possible.
The company held the official opening of its first store at the St. Laurent shopping mall in Ottawa on September 14. Mayor Jim Watson, company staff and other…
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TORONTO – Today Hollywood Suite announced that its four HD movie channels will be relaunched on November 2nd as Hollywood Suite 70s Movies, Hollywood Suite 80s Movies, Hollywood Suite 90s Movies and Hollywood Suite 2000s Movies.
Right now, the channel branding is Warner Films, MGM Channel Sony Movie Channel and AXN Movies.
“With a focus on consumer choice in an era of vigorous competition and regulatory change, the new unified and simplified Hollywood Suite brands will create an emotional connection with consumers by leveraging the nostalgic value of the greatest films of the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s,” said Hollywood Suite…
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TORONTO – Former etalk co-host Tanya Kim has found a new gig at Rogers, just in time for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Kim, pictured, is the new face of Entertainment City and Rogers Your World This Week alongside new co-host Adam Wylde of KiSS 92.5 fame. The entertainment news show airs every weekday morning on Breakfast Television in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver, as well as on Wheeler in the Morning in Winnipeg. Entertainment City is also available in the evenings on Dinner Television in Edmonton and CityNews in Toronto. Rogers Your World This Week airs on Rogers’ channel 1.
Beginning Thursday, the Entertainment City team will be interviewing…
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TORONTO – On Wednesday, Bell Media named veteran sales exec Mark Finney to the newly created position of vice-president of strategic sales, outlined brand new roles for other executives, and the departure of some others.
Reporting to Media Sales president Stuart Garvie, Finney will oversee all of Bell Media’s English and French-language sales marketing, brand partnerships, and mix teams, the first time these streams have been brought together under one group and leader, reads Wednesday’s announcement. He will develop and implement a focused and comprehensive approach to better serve clients and partners, while…
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TORONTO – Rogers Radio is teaming up with YouTube on a new radio show designed to spotlight Canadian and international YouTube stars.
Hosted by Rogers Radio personalities Blake Carter and Adam Wylde (Blake & Wylde, KiSS 92.5 – pictured), YouTube Hits promises a weekly roundup of YouTube’s most-talked-about viral events and emerging talent, and will feature the week's top songs, biggest chart debut, best cover song, and top entertainment news from around the world, through YouTube's global network of influencers.
“This partnership with YouTube was a natural marriage with our Rogers Radio youth brands as we continue to evolve to meet…
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OTTAWA – It’s rare when the incumbent wireless carriers and the new entrants find themselves on the same side of an issue, but the response to a Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) appeal of the CRTC’s wholesale wireless decision last month is one of those occasions where the normally combative firms see eye to eye.
CNOC has appealed portions Telecom Regulatory Policy 2015-177, saying the Commission erred in fact and made errors of law in not granting mandated mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) access to the radio access networks (RANs) of the wireless carriers. The second…
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