HAMILTON, Ont. – Cable 14 will launch in high definition on October 15th.
At noon that day the 100% local channel co-owned by Rogers Cable, Cogeco Cable and Source Cable will debut programming in HD. Cable subscribers will view their `Clearly Community` programs (some local outdoor ads are already touting it) at no additional cost on: Cogeco – 814; Rogers – 214; Source – 714.
Cable 14’s general manager Brent Rickert believes it was imperative the community station offer programming in HD to ensure Cable 14 keeps up with evolving technology and new viewing habits and trends. "The roll-out of Cable…
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TORONTO – Approximately 1.1 million Internet households in Canada have no paid TV subscription and cord shaving by those who are subscribers is on the increase says new research from Toronto’s Solutions Research Group.
The 1.1 million Canadian households which relied solely on Internet for video entertainment in Q2 2013, is up from 750,000 four years ago, according to SRG’s latest Digital Life Canada research. Analysis of the characteristics of these households also revealed:
• About half of existing “no paid TV” households with Internet report having cancelled their TV service within the past five years and 10% in the last…
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MARKHAM, ON – With the Ontario Association of Broadcasters’ fall conference less than a month away, organizers have added an industry executive town hall to the agenda.
Building upon the traditional President's Panel, the session will be expanded to include key high level industry executives from different areas of the broadcast industry providing their perspective on the state of radio, television and advertising.
The town hall will be moderated by radio executive Ross Davies and confirmed panelists include:
– Caroline Gianias; EVP trade & communications activation, Aegis Media;
– Patrick Grierson; president, Canadian Broadcast Sales;
– Catherine Kelly; VP electronic operations, BBM Canada;
– Geoff Poulton;…
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OTTAWA – C’mon kids, grab those old mobile devices: the Recycle My Cell student challenge is back for a fourth year.
As the national sponsor of Waste Reduction Week in Canada (October 21-27), Recycle My Cell is challenging all Canadian schools and post-secondary institutions to recycle as many old wireless devices as possible, including cell phones, smartphones, wireless PDAs, pagers, accessories and cell phone batteries.
The school in each province and territory that collects the most cell phones (based on school population) will be awarded $500 to be used towards a school environmental project. Last year, more than…
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WHILE THE CANADIAN WIRELESS world and the politicians who oversee it spent the dog days of summer 2013 barking at each other over policies they said were either wrecking the business or boosting competition (depending on your point of view) one player, Halifax-based Eastlink, remained largely silent.
While Eastlink is a big deal in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island especially, and does daily battle down East with Bell Aliant, CEO, Lee Bragg told Cartt.ca in a recent interview that adding his own voice to that cacophony would have accomplished little. And besides, even though he can’t side with government…
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TORONTO – Despite deeply discounted pricing, Canada’s new wireless entrants are expected to own only 7% of the wireless market by the end of this year, according to a new report from Convergence Consulting.
Canadian Wireless: Assessing the Impact of New Entrants says that Wind Mobile, Public Mobile and Mobilicity are undercutting incumbents Rogers, Bell and Telus and their discount brands on voice packages by up to 58% and 40% respectively, and on combined voice/data packages by up to 63% and 57% respectively.
In some cases, such as with regional providers like EastLink and Videotron, the incumbents and their discount brands…
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TORONTO – Customers of Sears, Future Shop and Second Cup can now get deals and special offers sent to their phones through Rogers Alerts.
Launched Wednesday, Rogers Alerts is a new location-based mobile solution that allows Rogers wireless customers to access personalized, location-based offers from their favourite retailers on their smartphone. The platform requires retailers and other businesses to create virtual fences called geofences around their physical locations. When a mobile device on the Rogers wireless network is within the geofenced area, registered subscribers will receive exclusive and targeted offers via text message (SMS).
Rogers Alerts will only be sent to…
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TORONTO – Cineflix Media on July 25 surprised the production industry by saying it was restructuring as it pulls back from Canada to focus on the U.S. and U.K. markets. The reason given for the pivot was an "in-depth evaluation of our operations and our broadcasting client requirements."
Translation: Cineflix Media's business model on the factual side to create original series and intellectual property (IP) and sell those shows worldwide is being undermined by localized format adaptations like Big Brother Canada and Amazing Race Canada both of which have been hits for their Canadian broadcasters. "The general consensus in the…
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TORONTO – Rogers is offering its U.S. bound customers wireless roaming rates with AT&T.
The deal makes Rogers the first Canadian carrier to offer LTE speeds to customers while they’re roaming in the U.S. Prior to this, Canadians travelling Stateside roamed on 2G/3G wireless technology.
"We are pleased to build on our long-standing relationship with AT&T and continue our history of industry firsts by offering customers access to LTE roaming when travelling in the U.S.," said John Boynton, Rogers’ executive vice president and chief marketing officer, in the announcement. “With this relationship, our customers can enjoy uninterrupted access to blazing fast wireless…
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TORONTO – Rogers is set to invest more than $700 million in Alberta over the next four years to further expand its network infrastructure and retail presence in the province, plus take on the role of official telecommunications sponsor of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers.
Rogers said Tuesday that starting this year, it will roll out its LTE network in more communities and increase its overall coverage sites in the province by 40%; open “dozens” of new retail locations; offer Alberta's business community new machine-to-machine and connected solutions plus expanded data capacity; and, increase its contributions to local communities and youth initiatives.
The company…
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