TORONTO – Rogers Media will offer Canadians exclusive access to season two of The Booth at the End, thanks to its partnership with Michael Eisner's digital media studio Vuguru.
The edgy, five-part, 22-minute series will be available in Canada every Monday for five consecutive weeks starting August 6 on Citytv.com, Rogers Anyplace TV, and on mobile through the Citytv Video App. Fans can also relive the first season on FX Canada beginning August 9 at 11:30 pm ET/PT for five consecutive weeks.
The Booth at the End centres on a mysterious Man (Xander Berkeley) who sits in a…
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LONDON – CBC/Radio-Canada has been awarded the Canadian broadcast rights for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games and the Rio 2016 Olympic Summer Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Wednesday.
While financial terms of the bid were not officially disclosed, a source with direct knowledge of the talks who asked to remain anonymous told Cartt.ca late Wednesday that the amount CBC committed to for the rights to both future Games is “less than half” of the $153 million which then-CTVglobemedia paid in 2005 for the Vancouver Winter Olympics and the London Summer Olympics. (Ed note: CTVglobemedia later brought in…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment said Tuesday that it will join CBC/Radio-Canada, Rogers Media and Shaw Media in the Canadian Premium Audience Exchange (CPAX).
Unveiled in April, CPAX is an online, real-time bidding exchange service that provides advertisers and agencies with access to premium digital inventory.
With the addition of Corus, CPAX now provides buyers with a central gateway to premium Canadian digital advertising inventory across more than 150 domains in both English and French, reaching an audience of more than 16 million Canadians. Each media company maintains their unique, direct sales operations with a portion of their inventory flowing directly into…
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TORONTO – Broadcast veterans Peter and Tony Viner will receive Hall of Fame awards at the Ontario Association of Broadcaster’s annual fall conference scheduled for November 6 in Toronto.
Connection 2012, held at the Westin Bristol Place Hotel, will also feature a half day sales training session with branding, marketing and sales strategist Paul Weyland, plus a programming panel moderated by Byrnes Media president Chris Byrnes that will include Julie Adam, VP programming at Rogers; Rob Farina, EVP content at Astral Radio; David Farough, VP brands, programming and new media at Corus Entertainment; and Steve Jones, VP programming for Newcap…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media is prepping for multiplatform coverage of the 2012 Rogers Cup which hits the court August 6 – 10.
Fifty-nine of the top 60 tennis players in the world are expected to compete in the event. Toronto will host the top 35 men at the Rexall Centre, while in Montreal, 24 of the top 25 women will hit Uniprix Stadium.
Sportsnet, Citytv and FX Canada will team up on the first three rounds and quarter-finals of men’s event and the first three rounds of women’s event, while live streaming will be available via sportsnet.ca. FX Canada and Sportsnet…
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TORONTO – Rogers will introduce its Fido wireless customers to its LTE network this summer.
Fido customers in the cities and surrounding areas of Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and St. Johns will be the first to take advantage of the faster service, with more cities scheduled to launch throughout 2012.
Also coming this summer is the brand’s first LTE-enabled device, known as Fido Mobile Hotspot, which creates a Wi-Fi hotspot wherever and whenever customers need it, and wirelessly connects up to 10 Wi-Fi capable devices simultaneously. LTE-enabled smart phones will also be available at Fido later this year.
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TORONTO – Rogers and software provider SAP are joining forces on enterprise mobile applications for Canadian businesses.
A first between SAP and a Canadian wireless carrier, the offering is being designed to help simplify the way organizations mobilize their workforce, by helping employees gain real-time access to enterprise mobile applications on tablets and smart phones that traditionally sit on desktop computers.
"Businesses are transforming their IT resources to stay competitive and the four walls of the office are now transparent – anytime, anywhere access to mobile enterprise applications and software on any device is essential for efficiency and workforce productivity," said…
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TORONTO – Rogers Digital Media has named Jennifer Holgate to the role of vice-president, digital sales and operations.
Holgate joins the company on September 4 and will be responsible for direct and integrated digital sales across Rogers Media’s owned and exclusive brands, as well as its advertising network business. She will play a pivotal role in planning, implementing and directing sales and client delivery strategies for the company’s continued digital business growth.
Prior to joining Rogers Media, Holgate served as SVP digital at Starcom MediaVest Group Canada, where she led digital and strategic integration. She also spent several years at Canwest…
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TORONTO – Cogeco has added Rogers’ channels CityNews Channel and FX Canada to its digital TV lineup in Ontario.
CityNews Channel will air on channel 415 in standard definition and in high definition on channel 821. FX Canada can be found in standard definition on channel 410 and channel 750 in high definition, and will be available on free preview through August 31.
TORONTO – Competition continued to weigh on Rogers, pulling down second quarter profits and holding revenues flat.
Consolidated financial results released Tuesday for the three months ended June 30, saw revenue of $3.12 billion virtually unchanged from $3.10 billion in same period last year, while profits dipped 2% to $400 million from $410 million.
Wireless activated and upgraded approximately 629,000 smart phones this quarter, predominantly iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices, of which approximately 36% were for new subscribers. This means that smart phone subscribers now represent 63% of the company’s overall postpaid subscriber base, up from 48% in the same period last…
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