BELLEVUE, WA – Bell placed first in two of Canada’s biggest three markets for wireless speed and reliability, according to tests done by an independent mobile analytics firm.
In its second set of reports on Canada's mobile experience, U.S.-based RootMetrics posted results from its more than 71,000 data, call and text tests, performed using the same phones that consumers can purchase, off the shelves, at their operator’s stores.
The company tested Bell’s Rogers’ and Telus’ networks in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, in addition to regional networks Wind (in Toronto and Vancouver) and Videotron (in Montreal). It conducted the tests in a…
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TORONTO and MARKHAM – Rogers’ sports scores and stats channel Sportsnews has settled in to channel 500 in the Rogers Cable lineup using the Audience software platform produced by Capital Networks.
The channel, billed as a 24/7 source for sports scores and information, ties in to Rogers’ ample NHL coverage with the ‘Red Light look’ (pictured) two hours prior to the day’s first hockey game and continues while live NHL games are being played. The channel features live scores, stats and Twitter feeds from various Rogers personalities, all displayed within seconds via the Audience data automation capabilities.
“On a busy night…
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TORONTO – Asian Television Network International launched its newest channel ATN Rishtey on Rogers Cable this week.
Rishtey is Viacom18's second entertainment channel in the South Asian entertainment space, offering a variety entertainment from genres including format and fiction shows, multicultural and regional programming, kids programming, lifestyle shows and Bollywood movies, all catering to the South Asian diaspora. ATN Rishtey is available on Rogers Cable channel # 924.
"We are excited to launch this new general interest channel in Hindi language to our vast and loyal subscriber base on Rogers Cable”, said ATN president and CEO said Dr. Shan Chandrasekar, in…
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TORONTO – Google exec Deepak Khandelwal will become Rogers’ new chief customer officer effective November 10.
Khandelwal joins Rogers from Google Inc. where he is currently VP, global customer experience with customers in over 100 countries world-wide. He joined Google in 2010 and led the transformation of its customer experience operations. Prior to Google he worked at McKinsey & Company from 1994 to 2010, becoming a principal in 2001. An engineer by trade, Khandelwal is a disciplined, process oriented problem solver who brings a deep passion for technology and a customer first approach.
As chief customer officer, Khandelwal will be responsible for…
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TORONTO – New subscription video-on-demand service shomi could debut as early as November 3, according to an invitation to its launch event received by Cartt.ca on Tuesday.
Owned jointly by Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications, the service was scheduled to launch “in early November” first to the 4.5 million combined subscribers of Rogers’ and Shaw’s Internet and cable TV customers for $8.99 per month. After six to 12 months of beta testing, Rogers and Shaw said that they will then determine what the distribution model will be going forward.
shomi will work initially on select set-top boxes, the Xbox 360, online…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada has been awarded the Canadian broadcast rights for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Tuesday.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As lead broadcaster, CBC/Radio-Canada pledged to work with broadcast partners Bell Media and Rogers Media to provide Canadians with “full access to all the excitement of the Olympic Games”. The three partnered on coverage of the Sochi Winter Olympics earlier this year.
“This is clear recognition of the exceptional coverage CBC/Radio-Canada provided for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games – the most watched in history”, said…
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TORONTO – CTAM Canada has announced the industry leaders who will take centre stage at next month’s Broadcaster’s Forum entitled ‘Engaging Canadians with TV Everywhere’.
Scheduled for November 19 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, the second annual event will feature exclusive, new, Canadian-specific market research, and two moderated panels that will discuss distribution and technology, debate current industry hot topics, and share insights.
Panel #1: Consumer Adoption of TV Everywhere
With subscriber adoption of authenticated TV Everywhere (TVE) products on the rise in the U.S., the value proposition appears to be…
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MARKHAM, ON – Retired Rogers radio executive John Hinnen will receive the 2014 Hall of Fame Award from the Ontario Association of Broadcasters at the organization’s fall conference this Thursday.
The OAB Hall of Fame Award honours private broadcasters who have devoted a substantial part of their career to the Canadian broadcasting industry and demonstrated a commitment to the highest standards of broadcast excellence and community service in their role.
Hinnen, pictured, began his career at CKLB (now CKDO) in Oshawa and moved to Rogers in 1974 as a sportscaster for CFTR. In 1993, he led the team that transformed CFTR from…
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TORONTO – Rogers rolled out LTE-Advanced, the next evolution of wireless technology that combines its 700MHz and AWS spectrum, to Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Windsor, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston, Moncton, Fredericton, Halifax and Saint John on Friday, and said that more markets will soon follow.
Rogers was the only carrier to secure two blocks of contiguous 700MHz spectrum across the country's major geographic markets, it said. This 700 spectrum, located in select rural and urban locations, carries wireless signals across longer distances, while the AWS spectrum has greater capacity and is suited for high density towns and cities.
The company noted that…
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TORONTO – With just weeks until its November launch, shomi announced a new content deal with Warner Bros. International Distribution for new and library series, as well as select feature films.
The Rogers and Shaw-owned subscription video-on-demand service will become the exclusive streaming home to TV series including 2 Broke Girls, Two and a half Men, Shameless, Falling Skies, and the Canadian premiere home of the new Rob Thomas series iZombie (pictured).
The deal also includes film titles such as Blade Runner, Two Weeks Notice, Ocean’s Eleven, The Goonies, Unforgiven, Waiting for Guffman, the Lethal Weapon series, Mad Max movies, the Batman and Superman series and a collection of Stanley Kubrick…
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