TORONTO – Rogers has named Deutsche Telekom exec Dirk Woessner as president of its Consumer Business Unit, effective April 6, 2015.
Woessner, pictured, is currently director of sales at Deutsche Telekom (DT) in Germany where he is responsible for over CDN $25 billion in sales serving more than 39.5 million mobile, 20.8 million fixed line and 12.3 million broadband customers in that country. Since joining DT in 2002, he has held a number of leadership positions with Telekom Deutschland and T-Mobile in the UK and Germany. Prior to DT, he worked at McKinsey & Company in Munich and Madrid from…
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TORONTO – Canadian marketers are bullish on video’s growth, but have yet to fully adopt the strategies to best reach consumers, according to a new study by Videology.
The report, Consumers Lead Marketers on Path to Cross-Screen Convergence, was conducted on behalf of Videology by Marketing Magazine and Rogers Connect Market Research and Client Services in September and October of 2014 through the surveying of over 1,000 Canadian consumers and 104 Canadian marketers.
Despite marketers' perceived challenges in video advertising – half of all marketers say they don't have a video advertising strategy in place – they're…
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OTTAWA – Industry Canada has approved a transfer of spectrum licences held by Inukshuk to Bell Mobility Inc. and Rogers.
The two Broadband Radio Service (BRS) spectrum licences are in the Lower St. Lawrence and Gaspésie service area, and expire on March 31, 2021. Noting that Inukshuk is a partnership between Rogers and Bell Mobility Inc., with each owning a 50% partnership interest, Industry Canada said that the transfer will not result in any change in spectrum concentration.
“The Department has determined that the requested transfer of these spectrum licences will not impact the ability of existing and future competitors to…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications told investors today that the company is not happy with the financial results turned in by its business services division, so it has altered strategy and parted ways with the division’s leader, promoting Ron McKenzie to take over for John Piercy, who has left the company.
During the company’s quarterly conference call with financial analysts, company EVP and COO Jay Mehr noted that after seeing double-digit percentage growth in EBITDA its enterprise division for a few quarters, posting just 5% growth in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 wasn’t good enough.
Mehr said that couple…
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CALGARY – A drop in video subscribers helped to flatten first quarter profits at Shaw communications by 7.3%, the company reported Wednesday.
Consolidated revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 ended November 30, 2014 was $1.39 billion, up 2% from $1.36 billion in the same period last year, while total operating income before amortization dipped to $606 million from $608 million last year.
Net income fell 7.3% to $227 million from $245 million for the same quarter last year, though the current period included higher amortization and an equity loss related to new SVoD service shomi, a joint venture with Rogers…
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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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