By Ahmad Hathout
Cable companies will have to tough out the extended implementation time of the next-generation 911 networks after the CRTC rejected Monday a review-and-vary application from Rogers and Quebecor that said an extension was undue because they have to pay for two different emergency networks simultaneously until the old one is phased out.
Rogers and Quebecor filed the application in April, arguing that the CRTC’s extension by two years to fully replace the old system is unjust because no one in the proceeding asked for an extension that long and it would cost cablecos millions of…
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Being one of the major telecoms to receive funding from Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology Inc. (SWIFT) to build broadband networks in southwestern Ontario, Bell is being asked by the CRTC to respond to questions relating to a Part 1 application from consulting firm Broadlytics that requested the CRTC clarify that SWIFT-funded builds are subject to the commission’s aggregated wholesale access framework for fibre facilities.
The CRTC made its information request to Bell via a Nov. 3 letter, after the telecom giant did not intervene in the commission’s proceeding on…
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The CRTC said in a letter last Friday it is temporarily suspending the Nov. 4 implementation deadline for its new telecom service outage reporting requirements as it considers an Oct. 7 review-and-vary application jointly filed by major telecoms Rogers, Bell, Telus, Eastlink, Cogeco, Quebecor and SaskTel.
The group has requested changes be made to the new outage reporting requirements to address operational challenges and to reduce the administrative burden on them, while also asking the CRTC to extend the implementation deadline.
The CRTC is granting an extension,…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The CRTC denied Friday an application by Rogers to convert its rebroadcasting transmitter into a commercial radio station because it would have an undue economic impact on the incumbent stations.
The regulator received an application from Durham Radio in January 2024 requesting a licence amendment to operate a rebroadcasting transmitter serving Vancouver, which is intended to improve and expand coverage of its CIWV-FM station within its existing licensed area.
The application triggered interest from Rogers, which sought to convert its rebroadcasting transmitter, CKKS-FM-2 Vancouver, into a standalone station. The media giant argued that the reach of the new station…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The head of Cogeco said Thursday that the internet resale policy has not impacted the company’s ability to grow as a reseller nor has it turned customers off its brand.
“At a higher level, internet resale in Canada between the different players is a fact of life and it’s been a fact of life for quite some time,” said President and CEO Frederic Perron during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call Thursday. “Two of the big three that we don’t already compete with on an infrastructure basis are already reselling our network in Quebec and Ontario and have…
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Channel closures could contribute significantly to possible double-digit sub declines
By Ahmad Hathout
Corus executives are looking forward to the end of the Toronto Blue Jays’ World Series run, as the millions of Canadian eyeballs on the team have, at least temporarily, pulled advertisers away from the media company’s properties, its CEO and interim CFO said Thursday.
When asked about the 23-per-cent dip in advertising this fourth quarter compared to last year’s, John Gossling said the postseason run by the nation’s only big league baseball team has definitely had an impact.
“The audiences for Blue Jays domestically have been massive, more than five…
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As the Toronto Blue Jays prepare for Game 4 of the 2025 World Series, Rogers announced Tuesday its Rogers Xfinity customers across the country have already smashed internet data usage records during the first three games.
During Games 1, 2 and 3, Rogers Xfinity customers consumed 145,000 terabytes (TB) of data, the equivalent of streaming a three-minute video of pinch hitter Addison Barger hitting a grand slam 1.28 billion times, according to a Rogers press release.
Customers used more than 80,000 TB of data on the Rogers wireline network during the first two…
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CBC on Monday announced a new 24/7 commercial-free CBC Kids streaming channel, available now to stream on CBC Gem and the CBC Kids YouTube channel.
The channel features CBC Kids animated and live-action series for kids aged two to 10, including: preschool favourite Dino Ranch, following the adventures of the Cassidy family’s ranch for dinosaurs; live-action, stop-motion series Go Togo, about the vehicles of Transitville; Hey Duggee, about a big dog and his friends; and Molly of Denali, following an Indigenous girl and her friends.
Radio-Canada on Monday also launched two French-language…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri said Thursday that the World Series run by the Toronto Blue Jays is helping enhance the owner’s brand.
The Blue Jays will play host Friday to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Rogers Centre in the first game of a best-of-seven series for the championship.
“We’re looking to each one of our pillars of growth being wireless, cable and now sports and entertainment to stand on their own and drive value, profitability and growth in their own respect,” Staffieri said on a conference call with analysts following the release of Rogers’s third-quarter results.
“But we also…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The attorney general of Canada (AG) is asking the Federal Court to reject an application filed by Cogeco and Eastlink asking the judicial body to review whether cabinet did not provide the legally required justification for rejecting their request to send back a CRTC decision that allows the three largest telecoms to access the wholesale internet framework.
The AG said in a submission last week that the parties have already filed a review of the decision directly to cabinet and have won an appeal related to the CRTC’s decision that rejected their request to…
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