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Radio / Television News January 18, 2012 14 years ago

Bell Aliant’s Sheriff tops list of CWC winners

TORONTO – Canadian Women in Communications (CWC) has unveiled their annual award winners for 2012. Karen Sheriff, president and CEO at Bell Aliant, has been named the CWC Woman Of The Year. This award recognizes an outstanding woman who has made a significant contribution to the communications industry throughout her career, and who has contributed materially to the advancement of women within the industry. In the category of CWC Employer Excellence Awards, IBM Canada Ltd. was named employer of the year, while Industry Canada has been recognized for sustainability in gender diversity. The CWC Leadership Excellence Awards celebrate women of achievement who… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News January 18, 2012 14 years ago

Rogers’ new online marketing service connects small businesses, customers

TORONTO – Rogers has launched a new online marketing tool for small and medium businesses to help promote them where consumers are searching for their services. Called Outrank, the service offers local businesses paid search marketing, search engine optimization, website design, and a performance dashboard where they may monitor results such as website traffic, phone calls, and emails generated from a specific campaign. "Millions of Canadians are searching online every day for local services and we know that less than 45% of Canadian small businesses have a website," said Outrank general manager Milind Mehere, in Wednesday’s announcement. "We are excited to launch… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News January 17, 2012 14 years ago

Rogers buys SCN, will re-launch as Citytv Saskatchewan

TORONTO – Rogers Media said Tuesday that it is acquiring a 100% stake in Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) which it will re-launch as Citytv Saskatchewan. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rogers said that the move allows its Citytv network to expand its footprint in key markets, provide a national platform for its programming, and support SCN’s “historical role of offering educational programming”. The deal is pending regulatory approval and a decision is expected by spring. The purchase comes less than a month after Rogers announced a program supply agreement with then owner Bluepoint Investments, headed by advertising executive… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News January 12, 2012 14 years ago

Rogers increases sports offerings with new barker channel

TORONTO – Rogers Communications has launched a sports-themed barker channel called Sportsnews designed to promote its sports services and content. Available free to digital cable customers in Ontario and Atlantic Canada on channel 999 in SD and HD, the channel promises timely information on scores, stats, fantasy information and breaking news for sports fans. One third of the screen will feature a scoreboard, while the rest is made up of the “headline zone” and a Twitter feed from Sportsnet personalities (see screen grab below). “Sportsnews is the first cable service of its kind in Canada”, said Anthony Antonelli, senior director of sports and… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News January 11, 2012 14 years ago

Rogers taps Cisco for cloud-based Videoscape technology

LAS VEGAS – Rogers Communications will be one of the first service providers to use Cisco’s Videoscape TV platform to deliver their next-generation video services. Videoscape, unveiled Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show, brings together digital TV and on-line video content with social media and communications applications. New ‘video in the cloud’ services are billed as new revenue streams for service providers and new video entertainment experiences for consumers. Cisco said that Videoscape is designed as an open software-based platform that provides a migration path to an all IP-based video infrastructure, with cloud, network and client components working together to allow video… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News January 11, 2012 14 years ago

Nikitopoulos heads up new revenue, strategy team at Rogers Media

TORONTO – Rogers Media has named Christos Nikitopoulos as vice-president of revenue planning and strategy, effective immediately. Nikitopoulos was most recently VP of sports at Shaw Media, and VP of programming and revenue planning at Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. Reporting to Shannon Valliant, VP of financial operations, he will lead the development of a centralized revenue planning and strategy team that will work across Rogers Media’s television, publishing, digital and radio platforms to deliver maximum yield and growth for the company’s assets. “As Rogers Media continues to drive the individual and collective expansion of our powerful brands, Christos brings added… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News January 11, 2012 14 years ago

Consumer group OpenMedia.ca joins call for set asides in 700 MHz auction

VANCOUVER – The new wireless companies in Canada appear to have an ally in OpenMedia.ca after the consumer group kicked off a new campaign Wednesday dubbed 'Stop the Cell Phone Squeeze'.

The campaign includes an on-line petition that encourages Canadians to ask Industry Minister Christian Paradis and Prime Minister Harper to set aside wireless spectrum for “independent competitors” in the upcoming 700 MHz auction.

OpenMedia.ca says that its efforts were spurred in part by Rogers’ LTE marketing campaign which the group claims mimics its grassroots campaign tactics to convince the government that “Big Telecom” should be able to control… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News January 6, 2012 14 years ago

CRTC must audit incumbents’ Internet infrastructure costs, says OpenMedia.ca

VANCOUVER – Consumer group and self-described pro-Internet advocate OpenMedia.ca wants the CRTC to conduct a transparent audit and review of Internet infrastructure costs in order to stave off what it calls “backdoor rate hikes” by incumbents. After independent ISP Teksavvy announced plans to pass on bandwidth price increases to its consumers, OpenMedia.ca called on Canadians to voice their concerns to the CRTC and government through a new on-line petition which seeks to halt infrastructure access prices increases levied by the likes of Bell and Rogers against their wholesale clients. It's also asked the CRTC to conduct a transparent review into how Internet infrastructure access costs… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News January 4, 2012 14 years ago

Former Rogers, Primus exec joins Comwave

TORONTO – Ted Chislett has been tapped to head up the business division at Comwave starting this month. Prior to this new role, Chislett was the CEO, COO, and president of Primus Telecommunications. He also founded and led long distance reseller VisionTel, was the VP of research and development for Rogers Cablesystems Engineering, and later started Rogers Communications Network Services as VP and GM. "We are fortunate to have someone of Ted's caliber and experience to lead our new B2B strategies," said CEO Yuval Barzakay, in the announcement. "Comwave has been extremely successful in the consumer space and now with our… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News December 21, 2011 14 years ago

ATN brings Aapka Colors to Canada

TORONTO – Indian general entertainment channel Aapka Colors has arrived in Canada, distributed through Asian Television Network International on Rogers Cable in Ontario and on Bell Fibe TV in Toronto and Montreal. Starting immediately, ATN subscribers can tune in to Aapka Colors for popular drama series, blockbuster Bollywood films, variety programs and reality shows on one of the most-watched channels from India, filled with the best and latest in Hindi entertainment. "We are delighted to have Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd as a programming partner, and to share this outstanding channel Aapka Colors, with its compelling content across Canada", said ATN president… Continue Reading

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