TORONTO – Rogers viewers can now preview ABC Spark, the “millennial” network that was launched last March by Corus Entertainment.
The preview will enable viewers to sample hit series such as Switched at Birth, Bunheads, and The Lying Game until February 4. ABC Spark, the “destination for millennial viewers,” is based on the U.S. brand ABC Family. The channel is newly available to Rogers customers on channels 69 and 214. The free preview coincides with the recent launch of ABC Spark's winter schedule as well as the new Rogers feed, making the channel available in…
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TORONTO – Hollywood Suite’s four HD commercial-free movie channels are now available to Cogeco Cable digital customers throughout Ontario. Featuring over 400 HD movies per month, uncut and unedited, Hollywood Suite is: WarnerFilms (channel 875), MGM Channel (channel 874), Sony Movie Channel (channel 873), AXN Movies (channel 872). Cogeco Cable HD TV customers can now enjoy a free preview of all 4 Hollywood Suite movie channels until March 31st, 2013.
“Kicking off the New Year with a bang, Hollywood Suite offers Cogeco Cable customers an incredible variety of blockbuster titles on four stunning HD channels” said Ron…
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TORONTO – Canadians may be among the world’s highest adopters of technology, but a recent survey reveals they often think they know more than they actually do.
According to the survey, 60% of Canadians gave themselves a 'B' grade or higher for tech savviness. When put to the test, only 4% achieved a 'B' grade. The survey, conducted for Rogers Communications, finds that almost half couldn't answer questions about roaming, and two out of three couldn't correctly answer questions about data usage or online security. The majority (87%) said they are eager to improve their technology…
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WATERLOO- Sandvine has reported revenues of $27.5 million U.S. in its fourth quarter, up 31% from the same period a year earlier. The company’s shares jumped 9.6% on Thursday closing at $1.70.
Sandvine attributes its success in part to the development of solutions that enable ISPs to create new methods of charging for increased bandwidth usage.
During the quarter the company recorded a one-time, $3.8 million reduction in operating expenses for Ontario government funding related to its ongoing project under the Next Generation of Jobs Fund.
"We are pleased with fourth quarter results as…
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TORONTO – City Montreal, which debuts February 4, says its schedule will feature the hit series 2 Broke Girls, Revolution, Modern Family, and the original series Seed. City Montreal says its daytime and prime-time schedule features all the “hit home-grown and acquired series Canadians have come to love,” including How I Met Your Mother, Person of Interest, New Girl, Revolution, Revenge, Cityline and the upcoming City original comedies Seed, Package Deal, and newly announced animated comedy, Mother Up!.
City Montreal’s prime-time schedule kicks off February 4 at 8 p.m. ET/PT with How I Met Your Mother…
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TORONTO – Sportsnet has reached a four-year multiplatform agreement with CONCACAF for the broadcast rights to seven CONCACAF properties, including the 2013 and 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cups.
The new agreement, which begins now and runs through the 2016 season, features a comprehensive suite of multimedia rights for television, online and mobile, and includes the following events: CONCACAF Gold Cup, CONCACAF Champions League, the Men’s and Women’s Qualifiers for the 2016 Olympic Games, the Men’s and Women’s Under-20 and Under-17 Championships, the CONCACAF Futsal Championship in 2016, and the 2014 Women’s World…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment announced today the company has entered into a partnership with NBCUniversal to operate iVillage Canada, and to represent Canadian advertising inventory on the iVillage network sites.
This marks a shift for the women-focused web brand in Canada, which had been operated by Rogers Media after a similar partnership announcement in May of 2011.
“The addition of iVillage to Corus’ robust offerings of specialty channels, websites and research aimed at women bolsters Corus’ leadership position in the delivery of content and advertising solutions to the coveted female demographic across multi-media platforms,” reads Wednesday’s Corus release.
iVillage offers women a place to…
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TORONTO – Building on an idea that was dubbed “Watch Canada” back in October, the Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada and the CRTC on Wednesday announced the creation of a working group of leading industry executives whose goal will be to “promote the increasing success of Canadian film, television and digital media with a principal focus on the Canadian market,” says a press release.
The creation of the group grew from industry leaders’ feedback at the Symposium on the Promotion of Canadian Films and Television Programs in Canada and Internationally which was held in Ottawa in conjunction with the International…
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TORONTO – More Canadians are finding they can'?t sleep, or even brush their teeth unless their smartphones are within arm?s reach. Nomophobia (no-mobile-phone phobia), which refers to the fear of being out of mobile phone contact, has taken hold of 65% of Canadian smartphone users who say they feel naked without their smartphone and Internet access. A little more than half sleep with their device next to them, and 82% use their smartphone in the bathroom. Over half admit they check their mobile device before brushing their teeth in the morning. The figures come from the…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Rogers Broadcasting’s “optimal solution” has prevailed with the CRTC approving its plan to rebrand Metro 14 (CJNT-TV) as Citytv Montreal. The Commission also approved a new multilingual television station to be called International Channel/Canal International (ICI) and operated by the Nowrouzzahrai family. Channel Zero, which bought CJNT and Hamilton's CHCH from Canwest Global for $12 in 2009, sold CJNT to Rogers for $10.3 million.
As reported by Cartt.ca in September, Rogers in its application indicated it had found the “optimal solution” to provide Montreal with a new English-language…
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