TORONTO — Rogers-owned Sportsnet will provide tennis fans with more than 90 hours of exclusive English-language Rogers Cup television coverage from the first round to the quarter-finals next week, plus deliver news updates and livestreaming via its radio, online and mobile platforms.
From August 10 to 14, Sportsnet will broadcast two draws daily from both the women’s tournament in Toronto and the men’s tournament in Montreal, in addition to airing highlights, recaps and reports during Sportsnet Central. Sportsnet's TV coverage kicks off at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, August 10.
Brad Fay will host Tennis Central alongside analyst Damien Cox and…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU — After months of public consultation, the CRTC has put the finishing touches on its regulatory policy concerning so-called hybrid video-on-demand (hybrid VOD or HVOD) services, issuing today a revised exemption order for VOD undertakings that takes effect immediately.
In Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-355, the CRTC defines the newly created HVOD service category and outlines the rules that apply to HVOD services, explaining how they will be exempt from having to meet the specific regulatory requirements relating to financial contributions to and library space for Canadian programming that are applicable to traditional licensed VOD services.
To qualify for…
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MONTREAL — BCE Inc. released its second quarter 2015 results Thursday morning, reporting $759 million in net earnings attributable to shareholders, a very healthy 25.2% increase over the $606 million BCE earned in Q2 2014.
The significant jump in BCE’s Q2 2015 net earnings attributable to shareholders was partly due to higher adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), reduced non-controlling interest as a result of Bell Aliant’s privatization in Q4 2014, as well as a $94-million gain on investments related to BCE’s sale of its 50% stake in Glentel Inc. to Rogers Communications (completed in May), BCE…
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TORONTO – Major sporting events captured Canadians’ imaginations early this summer generating very strong audiences for both sponsors and advertisers, according to a new survey.
Solution Research Group’s recent Sports Sponsorship Quarterly report showed the successful Pan Am Games and FIFA Women’s World Cup in particular generated record impressions for their top advertisers/sponsors. “The Toronto Pan Am Games exceeded all expectations,” says the research. “Some 60% of Canadians watched at least some of the games in the July 10 to 26 period, compared to only 48% said they expected to follow at least some of the games, prior…
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“WHY IS OUR PM SHILLING for Netflix during the first week of our federal election campaign?” I wondered when I saw this video of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
We learned in the video tweeted early yesterday evening that one of his all-time favourite TV shows is Breaking Bad, reminding us it “is even available on some online streaming services, if you’ve never seen it.” Well, it’s only available for streaming online from Netflix (not some), unless you want to purchase individual episodes for download from Google Play or iTunes.
Oh, it’s also available on demand from our…
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MUMBAI — Rogers TV viewers will now be able to access India’s high-definition travel channel, Travelxp, which is already available to Bell TV customers.
Although the channel is available in both English and Hindi in other geographies, in Canada it will be telecast in Hindi only, catering to the large population of people from the Indian subcontinent now settled in Canada. According to a Travelxp press release, the channel has the largest library of travel content in the world, with world-class programming filmed in more than 35 countries in HD-quality broadcast and a few programs in 4K technology.
“We are…
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NEW YORK — The National Hockey League (NHL) and Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of MLB, announced Tuesday a six-year digital media rights partnership that encompasses all of the NHL’s digital platforms, including GameCenter LIVE, NHL Center Ice, NHL Network and NHL.com.
“The partnership will transform the fan experience by creating a fully integrated global hub of digital content that encompasses video, live game streaming, social media, fantasy, apps, along with statistical and analytical content. With an emphasis on deeper access into the game and telling the stories of NHL players, MLBAM and…
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TORONTO and OTTAWA-GATINEAU — Canadian Network Operators Consortium Inc. (CNOC) is asking the CRTC to mandate both Full Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) national wholesale access services and wholesale tower and site sharing services.
CNOC made the request in an application it submitted Monday to the CRTC to “review and vary” the Commission’s Regulatory framework for wholesale mobile wireless services, (Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-177). In its policy decision, issued in May, the Commission chose to regulate wholesale roaming services but continued to forbear from the regulation of MVNO and tower and site sharing services.
In its “review and vary”…
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TORONTO, OTTAWA, WINNIPEG and REGINA — Signalling its exit from the wireless network market in the prairie provinces, and just days after it made the original applications, Wind Mobile’s proposed sell-off of AWS-1 spectrum to Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) and SaskTel was approved by Industry Canada on Friday.
In separate announcements, MTS said it will pay $45 million to buy 15 MHz of paired AWS-1 spectrum in Manitoba from Wind Mobile, while SaskTel will acquire six licences of paired AWS-1 spectrum in Saskatchewan for an undisclosed sum.
Industry Canada approved the two spectrum licence transfer deals Friday morning, publishing its separate…
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JOIN BILL ROBERTS (former president and CEO of VisionTV) in an exclusive Cartt.ca podcast with Conway as she talks about CBC host firings, the effect of the CRTC’s Let's Talk TV policies, staff cuts, the future of streaming content, CBC Radio 2, ad sales, NHL hockey and more. To get right to the 32-minute interview done at the CBC headquarters, click here.
(Ed note: As a busy executive, Conway doesn’t have a ton of free time for media, so our preamble you’ll read below is taken from a post-podcast interview Roberts did with her to finish…
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