TORONTO – Rogers TV and Interactive Ontario are teaming up to challenge developers, creatives and hackers to rethink and rebuild the community TV experience during a weekend hackathon set for January 16 – 18 in Toronto.
Hackathons are events where participants learn new skills and build things with technology over a 24 to 36 hour time period. Attendees are encouraged to solve meaningful problems with their projects, but are free to express their creativity through technology however they wish. Hackathons allow creative expression through technology and act as learning environments where participants can collaborate with mentors and learn new technologies.
The Rogers…
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BURNABY – Glentel securityholders have overwhelmingly approved a plan that will see BCE buy the independent mobile retailer for $670 million.
At a special meeting of shareholders held Monday, 99.99% of the votes cast by eligible securityholders (including 99.99% of the votes cast by disinterested shareholders) were in favour of the transaction, reads a news release issued by Glentel. The deal, announced November 28, provides for, among other things, the acquisition by BCE of all of the outstanding common shares of Glentel and the purchase for cancellation by Glentel of all of the outstanding options to purchase common shares of…
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OTTAWA – The RCMP is among a number of police forces refusing to pay new fees levied by Rogers Communications for helping to track suspects through their mobile devices.
According to a Canadian Press report Monday, the dispute began late last May, when Rogers wrote to RCMP divisions and other police services across Canada to say that it would impose new fees to law enforcement on August 1. The fees would be applied to costs in executing warrants for tracking customers’ movements through cellphone data, and for the production of affidavits certifying records in cases where testimony is required to…
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WINNIPEG – Popular radio morning show Wheeler in the Morning will make its television debut Monday morning on City in Winnipeg, replacing Breakfast Television in that market.
Hosted by veteran on-air personality Dave Wheeler and featuring City personalities Drew Kozub and Jenna Khan, as well as current morning radio team Phil Aubrey and Rena Jae (pictured), Wheeler in the Morning will offer live in-studio and on-location interviews with local personalities, politicians, and experts, in addition to news, weather, and traffic highlights, offering Winnipeggers everything they need to start their day off right.
In addition to the City broadcast, viewers can stream…
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TORONTO – UXP Systems and Ericsson have signed a global reseller agreement that will allow TV service providers to offer a more personalized viewing experience via the MINT Unified Services Platform on Ericsson Mediaroom IPTV platforms.
Working across both Ericsson Mediaroom and Ericsson Mediaroom Reach platforms, MINT provides a converged user experience across all devices. With MINT, providers can simplify next generation user access and onboarding, and create universal profiles for personalized experiences, delivering an engaging viewing experience for customers. This combined solution enhances the provider's ability to monetize next generation services, provides a consistent, personalized user experience across all screens,…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – Bell and Rogers have reached an agreement that will see the two rivals jointly own independent mobile retailer Glentel's Canadian retail distribution outlets.
Bell and Rogers will each own 50% of Glentel shares representing 50% of Glentel's retail operations, reads a statement issued by Bell. In exchange, Rogers has agreed to pay in cash to Bell 50% of the Glentel transaction value following the successful closing of Bell's Glentel acquisition, and will withdraw its recently filed court application for an injunction. Bell said on November 28 that it planned to buy the independent mobile retailer…
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TORONTO – In recognition of its retiring vice chairman Phil Lind, Rogers Communications is donating $125,000 to Vancouver’s Presentation House Gallery to create the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Commission.
Lind, recently profiled by Cartt.ca, has been a long-time supporter and collector of Vancouver based-art. While a resident of Toronto, he spends a significant amount of time in Vancouver and is involved in the local arts scene as a patron and a collector, and sits on the board of directors of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Presentation House Gallery is the only gallery in Western Canada dedicated to photography with an emphasis on…
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TORONTO, MONTREAL and WOODSTOCK – Industry stakeholders wasted little time before commenting on Industry Minister James Moore’s spectrum announcement, with the majority expressing optimism, albeit cautiously.
Rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications said that it was “pleased and relieved” that Industry Canada and Minister Moore revised the previously proposed 3500 MHz spectrum policy, saying that the approach proves that the Minister understands the importance of 3500 MHz spectrum in providing fast and affordable high-speed Internet to rural Canadians.
“The Minister has taken a balanced approached that does no harm to the tremendous gains that have been made in the past few…
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“I BEGAN MY CAREER AT ROGERS 45 years ago, just after the 1968 Broadcasting Act was enacted and this Commission was created,” Phil Lind told CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais during the company’s appearance at September’s TV Policy Review hearing.
“Since that time, Mr. Chairman, I have had the pleasure of appearing before you and all your predecessors. I reckon I have represented Rogers at more than 100 broadcasting hearings over the past four-and-a-half decades.” That’s right, Lind has appeared before every single CRTC chairman there has ever been. His fingerprints are all over broadcasting policy in Canada.
There are very few…
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BURNABY – Independent wireless retailer Glentel said Wednesday that the terms of a retail agreement that it renewed with Rogers Wireless earlier this year is not enough to block its proposed sale to Bell.
Rogers Communications Partnership filed an application in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) against Glentel Wednesday, seeking, among other relief, to prohibit the transactions contemplated by the BCE acquisition plan of arrangement announced last month. According to the injunction, Rogers’ retailer agreement with Glentel, renewed in July, requires Rogers' approval prior to a change of control of Glentel. Rogers said that it…
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