TORONTO – CTV Go is now available to subscribers of Rogers Communications, Access Communications, Cable Cable, Nexicom, and Northwestel, giving the TVE app a 90% penetration rate in English Canada.
The recently updated CTV Go is a free app allowing Canadians to access CTV's television lineup on-demand for seven days following a television broadcast. Additional content is available exclusively to Canadians who subscribe to participating TV service providers, allowing them extended catch-up viewing windows, as well as live streams of CTV and CTV Two broadcasts.
"We are thrilled to bring CTV GO to well over 8 million homes across Canada. Today's announcement…
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TORONTO – DHX Television has joined Canadian publishers Post Media, Yellow Pages and The Chronicle Herald as the newest members of Canada's Premium Audience Exchange (CPAX).
CPAX bills itself as the premier access point to top tier real time English and French digital inventory in Canada. Established by CBC/Radio-Canada, Rogers and Shaw in 2011, its automated platform delivers scalable reach and granular targeting from one convenient touch-point and now boasts more than 100 premium sites on the exchange. CPAX is powered by Index Exchange, a neutral and transparent exchange layer that enables publishers to sell their ad impressions in real-time.
"Since…
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JUST IN TIME FOR the run up to the Daytona 500 Fox Sports today announced the re-branding of SPEED International, its motor sports and automotive network in Canada and the Caribbean, as FOX SPORTS RACING.
The new channel will deliver additional motor sports and big-event competition programming for 2015 and beyond.
“We’ve put the power and influence of the FOX Sports brand behind our commitment to motor sports,” said Eric Shanks, president and COO/executive producer of FOX Sports, in a release. “With highly anticipated NASCAR and MotoGP seasons about to get underway, and several other popular series up and…
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TORONTO – Hollywood Suite Go is now available to Rogers’ customers on their iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.
Free to all Rogers customers who subscribe to the four Hollywood Suite movie channels, HSGO gives movie lovers the freedom and the ability to enjoy their favourite movies in high definition with unlimited access whenever and wherever they want. The app includes a customizable watchlist with optional push notifications and social features that allows users to share their watchlists and experiences. The notification options keep users informed about new movies and collections, while the Wi-Fi-only streaming option helps users to manage their cellular data usage.
“We’re thrilled…
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VANCOUVER – Rogers has brought its home automation and security system Smart Home Monitoring to British Columbia.
The system, which allows customers to control and automate their home security, lights, cameras, thermostats and appliances remotely through their mobile, computer or tablet, is now available to Vancouver and Lower Mainland residents.
"For most people, their home and what's in it are their most valuable possessions and they want more than just a security system to protect it," said Rogers Smart Home Monitoring VP Ian Pattinson, in the news release. "Our Smart Home Monitoring system is a connected solution that gives customers peace…
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GRIMSBY, ONT. — Early bird registration is now open for two Canadian CommTech shows happening this spring in the Toronto area and Calgary.
CommTech East will take place from April 14-15 at the Mississauga Convention Centre in Mississauga, Ont., with early bird rates available until February 27. CommTech West is scheduled from May 27-28 at the Coast Plaza Hotel & Convention Centre in Calgary, with early bird registration ending March 15.
“Due to the early support and endorsement of Rogers, Telus, the SCTE Ontario Chapter, and our long-standing platinum sponsor, Power & Tel, we are able to offer two shows again…
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OTTAWA — Bell Media has asked the CRTC to dismiss a complaint filed last week by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC) that called into question the tied selling of Bell’s CraveTV streaming service to existing TV subscription services.
And in a separate procedural request submitted to the CRTC today, Telus (one of CraveTV’s distributors) asked the Commission “to either return the CraveTV application to PIAC-CAC in order for deficiencies to be remedied or to close the file.”
As reported last week, in one of two applications submitted to the CRTC on February 6,…
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OTTAWA — The CRTC announced Thursday it is closing the file on a complaint from the Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) regarding various cable carriers’ wholesale high-speed access (HSA) services, and directed CNOC and the cable carriers to address outstanding issues through bilateral discussions or the CRTC Interconnection Steering Committee (CISC).
In Telecom Decision CRTC 2015-40, the CRTC further directed CNOC and the cable carriers in question to submit a report, within 90 days, on the state of progress in resolving these issues. The cable carriers who were specifically included in CNOC’s original complaint, first submitted to the CRTC…
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TORONTO — Following on its exclusive deal last summer to distribute WWE’s flagship programming in Canada, Rogers announced today it has reached carriage agreements for WWE Network with multiple television providers.
Rogers became the exclusive Canadian distributor of WWE Network through 2024 in a 10-year broadcast and multimedia agreement reached with WWE in August.
In addition to Rogers and Eastlink, the premium WWE Network linear TV channel will soon be available to Cogeco Cable Canada, Shaw and Shaw Direct, Telus Optik TV and Telus Satellite TV, and Vidéotron subscribers. (In a Rogers press release issued today, no word was…
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LAST WEEK WE SPECULATED that the big, vertically integrated Canadian telecom, cable, wireless and media companies could get out of media.
We talked to a few broadcasters who spoke on condition of anonymity who angrily wondered – with the CRTC apparently not listening to their concerns about costs, nor about being able to use their content as a point of differentiation with wireless or broadband customers while also taking simsub away, at least for the Super Bowl – why should carriers continue to own broadcasters?
The answer is cash flow, capex and a lack of available suitors.
Bell…
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