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Radio / Television News June 28, 2013 13 years ago

Rogers scores with Sportsnet 360 debut July 1st

TORONTO – Hardcore sports fans will be able to celebrate Canada Day with Sportsnet 360, as Rogers officially debuts the rebranded network from recently-acquired The Score network to the Sportsnet brand. Sportsnet 360 will be unveiled at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on July 1 during the station’s first live event broadcast, the Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers game live from Toronto’s Rogers Centre. After the Jays game, Sportsnet 360 will debut its newest show, Blue Jays Xpress – a 30-minute, interactive post-game show hosted by Sportsnet 590 The FAN’s Eric Smith, with former Blue… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News June 27, 2013 13 years ago

COMMENTARY: Five good reasons Verizon could come to Canada; and seven why they couldn’t

THE BIG NEWS WEDNESDAY was that American telco Verizon has made a real offer to buy Wind Canada from its majority owner, VimpelCom. The Globe and Mail cited sources who claim that the big U.S. firm has put an opening bid of $700 million on the table and is also talking to Mobilicity about a potential purchase of that distressed company. The speculation (nobody from any of the companies will confirm anything at this point, beyond reports last week from Verizon CFO Fran Shammo that the company is taking a peek north) caused Canadian telecom shares… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News June 27, 2013 13 years ago

Maclean’s Great Canadian Countdown July 1st broadcast postponed

TORONTO –  ?Rogers said today that The Maclean’s Great Canadian Countdown will no longer air on July 1 on City as previously announced. In a release, the company said the decision was made to cancel the July 1 broadcast out of respect for Alberta residents dealing with the recent flooding situation. “Because the lighthearted program featured Calgary prominently, Rogers Media decided that out of respect for Albertans, who are currently dealing with the serious aftermath of unprecedented flooding, the program should not air at this time,” the company stated in the… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News June 27, 2013 13 years ago

UPDATED (3): Commission approves Bell?/Astral takeover – with 13 conditions; boosts benefits by $72M

GATINEAU – The CRTC today approved the $3.2 billion purchase of Astral Media by BCE Inc., but Bell’s regulatory people have MUCH paperwork to file before July 29th in order to satisfy the various conditions of the approval. That said, there doesn’t appear to be anything surprising in the decision which could scuttle the transaction. As most are well aware, this is the second time Bell attempted to purchase Astral, as the Commission said no to the original 2012 deal last October. Bell executives pronounced themselves pleased Friday morning, and so they are obviously okay with all the conditions, all of… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News June 26, 2013 13 years ago

Telus, Rogers launch fourth-generation iPad with Wi-Fi, cellular

TORONTO – Telus and Rogers both announced today they are each offering the fourth generation iPad with Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity, as well as the iPad mini with Wi-Fi + cellular. Both carriers are offering the new iPads with a range of contract-free data plans to connect to either Telus’s 4G network or to Rogers’ LTE network. The fourth generation iPad features a 9.7-inch Retina display, new Apple-designed A6X chip, FaceTime HD camera and ultrafast wireless performance. The iPad mini is 23% thinner and about half the weight of the third generation iPad and comes with… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News June 26, 2013 13 years ago

Verizon reportedly offering $700 for Wind Mobile

TORONTO – New York-based Verizon Communications is setting its sights on entering the Canadian market by reportedly offering to acquire Wind Mobile for $700 million. Citing “two people familiar with the situation,” the Globe and Mail today reported that the U.S. carrier has also held recent talks with Mobilicity’s stakeholders to discuss a potential acquisition. With a market cap of US$135 billion and an estimated US$10.8 billion in free cash flow, the odds of successfully entering the Canadian market would be in Verizon’s favour, according to analyst Dvai Ghose of Canaccord Genuity. By purchasing… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News June 26, 2013 13 years ago

Rogers debuts senior-friendly, easy-to-use handsets from Doro AB

TORONTO, ON – Swedish mobile phone company Doro AB announced Tuesday it is expanding into Canada as two of its easy-to-use mobile phones will now be available at Rogers. Geared primarily to seniors, the Doro PhoneEasy 620 and 520X mobile phones feature large buttons, a large display, amplified sounds, a camera and flash, as well as an assistance button. The 620 model is a clamshell device, while the 520X is a bar phone that also includes a built-in flashlight for added assistance.
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Radio / Television News June 25, 2013 13 years ago

COMMENTARY: Dropping the LPIF could be a mistake. A TV review topic for the CRTC

ELEVEN MONTHS AGO, the CRTC announced it would get rid of the Local Programming Improvement Fund, a line item applied to the monthly bill of every cable, satellite and telco TV subscriber in the country which was dreamed up and made part of the 2008 Broadcast Distribution Undertaking policy as a stop-gap measure to aid local, non-major-market broadcasters. It has brought in just over $100 million a year for local private and CBC broadcasters since 2010 ($112 million in 2012), roughly split 60-40 in favour of the privates. Former Commission vice-chair telecom… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News June 24, 2013 13 years ago

Broadcasters, telcos step up to help Albertans affected by flood disaster

WINNIPEG, TORONTO, MONTREAL, CALGARY – As residents of Calgary and other communities in southern Alberta struggle to clean up in the wake of last week’s extreme flooding, several national and regional broadcasters and telecoms have donated resources to help residents and flood response efforts. MTS Allstream today announced that it will be supporting disaster relief efforts with a $25,000 to the Canadian Red Cross.  The national communications provider is also sending one of its Toronto-based employees, Ella West, to help lead the relief effort in the role of director of relief operations for the Red Cross. Continue Reading

Radio / Television News June 24, 2013 13 years ago

Rogers brings Maclean’s to City with Canada Day TV special

TORONTO – Rogers is celebrating Canada Day with a new one-hour television special that represents a cross-promotion of its Maclean’s magazine brand on its City television property. Premiering July 1 at 7 p.m. ET/PT on City, Maclean’s Great Canadian Countdown brings content to the screen from the national weekly current affairs magazine’s annual Book of Lists, a special edition issue of Macleans currently on newsstands. Hosted by Canadian funnyman Adam Korson (who stars in another original program commissioned by Rogers featured on City called Seed) the program features entertaining trivia about all things Canadian based… Continue Reading
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