TORONTO – Registration is now open for the inaugural CommTech East show, which will take place April 15 and 16, 2014 at the Mississauga Convention Centre.
Held in conjunction with SCTE Ontario Chapter, the Eastern Canada show is a new addition to the multi-industry CommTech show. It will feature more than 25 technical sessions and 80-plus exhibitors. Rogers has been announced as the show's sponsor.
Professionals from the cable, telecom, wireless, ISP, government, utilities and related industries are invited to attend.
CommTech West will be held later in the spring on May 28 and 29, 2014 at Calgary’s Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference…
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GATINEAU – Rogers Communications refuted accusations of charging unjust wholesale rates for Canadian wireless carriers and denied undue preference for U.S. Wireless carriers in its 32-page reply to the CRTC’s proceeding investigating domestic wholesale wireless roaming rates.
The Commission is investigating whether there has been discrimination in higher wholesale rates charged to domestic wireless companies while American carriers receive preferential deals.
The CRTC received interventions and replies over the past two weeks from Bell Canada, Quebecor Media, Telus, EastLink, Wind, Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), Benjamin Klass, Canadian Network Operators Consortium Inc. (CNOC), Commissioner of Competition, Fibernetics, Lynx Mobility Inc., MTS…
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GATINEAU – We're about a month away from all Canadian television distributors being required to make all Canadian national news channels available to all of their subscribers, but one seemingly basic question remains unanswered: Will Sun News Network be made available on analog cable?
Two months after the CRTC issued an order requiring that Sun News and the four other Category C national news channels be made available to subscribers of "all licensed distribution undertakings", there doesn't seem to be a consensus on this question.
The order and accompanying decision don't include the word "analog" at…
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TORONTO – Sports producer Gord Cutler has been appointed SVP of NHL production, Sportsnet and NHL president Scott Moore announced Thursday.
Cutler will take up his new post on February 18, and will be responsible for all on-air production elements of Sportsnet’s NHL coverage on all platforms, including national and regional games, all playoff games and the Stanley Cup Final, special events and non-game events, and studio broadcasts, to deliver best-in-class hockey experiences to fans across Canada.
“My working relationship with Gord extends close to 30 years. He is one of Canada’s top sports producers, possesses incredible hockey knowledge, and understands…
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TORONTO – While Rogers Communications posted a tough Q4 with wireless growth and profit down significantly, new CEO Guy Laurence spoke publicly for the first time on Wednesday since taking over the position in December.
On the results themselves, Laurence said the company simply must improve. “There are areas of strength, but overall they are not satisfactory to me and over time I expect to do better,” he told the conference call with financial analysts Wednesday morning after the release of the Q4 2013 and full year results.
Right now, he added, he is about half-way through…
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TORONTO – Rogers reported a 20% decrease in net profits for its fourth quarter of 2013, while operating revenue dropped 1% to $3.24 billion.
The company attributed the $18 million drop in operating revenue to weaker sales in its wireless and cable business. Approximately 790,000 smartphones were activated and upgraded in Q4, compared to 940,000 in the same period in 2012, which Rogers attributes in part to to the move from three- to two-year contacts and the associated pricing changes.
The company’s business solutions operating revenue, at $98 million, was higher than the $88 million reported during the same period last…
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TORONTO – Rogers-owned publication Chatelaine magazine is expanding its radio presence with a special Valentine’s Day edition of the Chatelaine Radio Show on nine Rogers stations this Friday.
The two-hour special Valentine’s Day edition of the program will air from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET on Rogers stations in Ontario, Manitoba, and Alberta. They include: 98.1 CHFI in Toronto; 96.7 CHYM FM, Kitchener, Ont.; 102.3 CLEAR FM, Winnipeg; 100.5 KiSS in North Bay, Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie, and Sudbury, Ont.; 106.5 Mountain FM, Canmore, Alta.; and KiSS 95.9 in Calgary.
Hosted by KiSS 92.5 on-air personality Taylor Kaye, the show…
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OTTAWA – A Senate committee turned to a former broadcast regulator for insight on how to address the challenges facing CBC/Radio-Canada in light of its loss of Hockey Night in Canada to Rogers Communications last year.
Appearing via video conference from Florida, former chair of the CRTC Konrad von Finckenstein told the Standing Senate Committee on Transportation and Communications what he believes could be done to improve the chances for success of Canada’s public broadcaster. He pointed to unloading the corporation’s vast over-the-air broadcast network, refocusing of the public broadcaster’s content as well as changing the governance structure and oversight…
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GATINEAU – Without domestic roaming rate caps Wind Mobile can’t compete in the Canadian marketplace and despite what the incumbent wireless companies have to say, the high wholesale rates they charge the newcomers prevent some Canadians from choosing Wind as their provider.
So, the CRTC must step in, the company told the CRTC in the reply phase of the Regulator’s dive into wholesale wireless domestic roaming rates, the initial comments for which we summarized here last week.
In its reply, Wind noted several consumer groups told the CRTC that the fact Wind offers “home” rates for when…
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TORONTO – The Canadian CommTech Show has released its schedule of seminars and workshops for its upcoming spring shows, which this year includes the premier of a new Eastern Canada show consisting of more than 25 sessions.
The show in Calgary, known as CommTech West, will be held May 28 and 29, 2014 at Calgary’s Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre, while the new CommTech East show will be held April 15 and 16, 2014 at the Mississauga Convention Centre.
The multi-industry show attracts buyers, safety experts, operations management, planners, strategists, engineers, designers, inside and outside plant technicians, construction staff, system…
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