TORONTO – CTV and Rogers Media say that the popular feature segments aired during Vancouver 2010, will return for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The productions include Canadian Performances, Difference Makers with Rick Hansen, The Experts, Gold Medal Moments, Snapshots, Gemini Award-winning Superbodies, and Upclose.
In addition, a new feature Raising an Olympian pays tribute to the sacrifices and unwavering support from moms of Canadian Olympic athletes. Features will air during the Games on multiple consortium platforms, including CTV, RDS, Sportsnet, TSN, V, CTVOlympics.ca, and RDSolympiques.ca.
"Storytelling has always been the foundation of our content plan," said Rick Chisholm, Executive Vice-President,…
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TORONTO – Citytv has begun production on an all-new, original documentary The Sky is the Limit, which showcases Saskatchewan’s unprecedented economic boom and will air this September exclusively on Citytv. The Sky is the Limit is the first Citytv production to begin in the province since the recent acquisition of Citytv Saskatchewan that officially launched July 1 and is being produced by Stephen Onda Productions Inc.
“Citytv is committed to producing strong, Canadian programming, and this documentary reflects that mission and our pride in shining a spotlight on this country’s success stories,” said Claire Freeland, Director of Original Programming, Rogers…
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OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada is allowing a class action suit valued at $19 billion to proceed against Canada’s biggest wireless companies.
According to a Globe and Mail report, the suit centres around monthly “system access fees” charged by Bell, Rogers and Telus that the companies falsely led subscribers to believe were required by federal regulators.
The suit was first launched in 2004 in Saskatchewan’s Court of Queen’s Bench. The high court declined to hear an appeal by the companies of a decision that certified the suit in 2008.
The matter could turn into Canada’s largest-ever class action,…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has shuttered its investigation into Rogers’ Internet traffic management practices, noting that its concerns over the company’s practice of slowing down certain types of Internet traffic have been satisfied.
The Commission launched an enforcement action late last year after receiving a complaint from the Canadian Gamers Organization alleging that Rogers’ throttling of peer-to-peer traffic created a major impediment to online game playing. After the CRTC found its practices in breach of the net neutrality rules within the Telecommunications Act, Rogers announced that it would phase out its traffic shaping policy for all customers by December…
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TORONTO – Industry veteran John Hinnen has been promoted to vice-president of news for Rogers Media Television and Radio, effective immediately.
Hinnen (pictured) will continue to oversee 680News and all news content for Rogers’ 55 radio stations, including the four all-news radio stations and four news-talk stations, and will now also oversee CityNews and CityNews Channel. CityNews and Rogers Radio will continue to operate as separate newsrooms, but will now be aligned under Hinnen’s leadership.
“John is one of the industry’s most well-respected news…
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OTTAWA – Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink and MTS Allstream have all told the CRTC that they are opposed to BCE and Rogers’ proposal to take control of sports channels Leafs TV, NBA TV Canada and Gol TV Canada from parent Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE).
The interventions filed by the independent distributors claim that the move, which comes as part of the BCE/Rogers $1.32 billion bid for a majority stake in MLSE, “are bad for the Canadian broadcasting industry, further extending the control exerted by these large vertically integrated conglomerates”.
“Increasing the already extensive market power enjoyed by vertically integrated programming…
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TORONTO – Rogers let go 375 employees on Tuesday in the face of stiff competition and declining revenues.
Company spokesperson Patricia Trott told Cartt.ca that the layoffs, which are effective immediately, are spread across Rogers’ cable and wireless businesses in areas including operations and sales/marketing, plus includes some management roles.
“It was a very, very difficult decision for us, and is part of a comprehensive approach that we announced earlier this year around cost management and improving productivity”, she said in the interview.
Trott said that Rogers is also reviewing other cost saving initiative such as trimming discretionary spending and tightening up its supply…
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TORONTO – RTNDA Canada, The Association of Electronic Journalists, celebrated its national and network award winners on Saturday night in Toronto, honouring the best programs, stations and newsgathering organizations in both radio and television.
The winners are as follows:
National Television Winners:
Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast
– CBC North for Northbeat (Small Market)
– CTV Barrie for CTV News at Six (Medium Market)
– CTV Edmonton for Slave Lake Disaster (Large Market)
Adrienne Clarkson Award – Diversity
– Global Saskatoon for Accessible Saskatoon, Not!
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News
– CP24 for In The Line Of Duty
Dan McArthur Award – In-depth/Investigative
– CTV Montreal for Dirty Little…
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TORONTO – Bell Media and CBC/Radio Canada have ended their Olympic bid partnership after two failed bids for the exclusive Canadian media rights for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
During their partnership, the organizations submitted two bids for the Canadian broadcast rights that were turned down flat by the IOC. The duo said in a joint statement on Monday afternoon that they will formally dissolve their bid partnership as a result.
"We presented not one, but two fiscally responsible bids that are reflective of the Canadian marketplace," said Phil King, president of CTV programming and…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has given Rogers the green light to move ahead with its acquisition of Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN), however, the deal may be a little more expensive than Rogers had anticipated.
The Commission said Thursday that Rogers may continue to broadcast commercial programming and advertising on the educational service, as its previous owner Bluepoint Investments was allowed to do. But it also directed Rogers to invest an additional $1 million on independent production in Saskatchewan over the course of the six year licence term in order to “maintain the integrity of its licensing process and properly reflect SCN’s…
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