OTTAWA – Wireless customers who fail to pay their bills must receive two notices that they will lose their service before they actually do so, the CRTC has confirmed.
Responding to an application filed by Rogers Communications in February that the notice requirement in the Wireless Code does not apply to service suspensions, the Commission ruled Friday that the notice requirement does, in fact, apply to both suspensions and disconnections. The decision is consistent with the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services’ interpretation of the disconnection provisions of the Wireless Code.
The Wireless Code requires wireless service providers (WSPs) to…
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VANCOUVER – Veteran broadcaster Bill Good is coming out of retirement and will join Rogers-owned News 1130 in Vancouver next month.
The editorial feature A Minute with Bill Good will air daily beginning September 8. The feature bills itself as “a no-holds-barred editorial commentary, focusing on current hot button issues, the inner workings of B.C. politics, and the influential movers and shakers who make the decisions that affect the public.”
During a television and radio career that has spanned 50 years, Good anchored primetime newscasts for more than 27 years at CBC, BCTV and CTV.
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OTTAWA – Canada’s publicly traded television service providers combined lost almost six times more TV subscribers in the first half of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014, and almost double what they lost in all of 2014, according to new research released Wednesday.
Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services also found that BCE, Rogers, Shaw/Shaw Direct, Vidéotron, Cogeco, Telus, and MTS (IPTV subscribers only) combined lost approximately 113,700 TV subscribers in their respective fiscal 2015 first and second quarters, up significantly from the 19,200 lost in the same quarters in 2014, and almost double…
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TORONTO – The CBC is refusing to air two advertisements sponsored by watchdog group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting which challenge the government’s budget cuts to the national public broadcaster, saying it could imply endorsement of the group’s campaign.
The ads "are intended to hold the Harper government to account for the damage it has done to the CBC”, claims Friends in a statement. The first ad features person-in-the-street comments from non-actors about why the CBC is important to them, and to Canada.
The second ad, according to Friends, relies on satire to make a point. In the ad, a…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment has announced that Teletoon Retro will cease to exist as of September 1st.
The company's Cartoon Network Canada will be shifted into its place for those TV providers who don’t already carry that channel, two carrier sources have told Cartt.ca. Both sources asked not to be named as they do not have permission to speak publicly on the matter but have been told by Corus representatives that is the plan.
While some had assumed that the channel would be rebranded as a Disney service, since Corus now owns the rights to that programming going forward and will…
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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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