TORONTO – As the country readies for the start of another hockey season, Canada’s sports broadcasters have announced their NHL schedules.
CBC’s Hockey Night In Canada announced an 109-game schedule starting with preseason play on September 24th, and regular season play on October 6, 2011, the NHL’s opening day of the 2011-12 season.
Its schedule also includes the 59th NHL All-Star Game on January 28 and 29 from Ottawa; Hockey Day in Canada from Prince Edward Island on February 11; and the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs and final.
TSN and TSN2 announced its combined 151-game NHL on TSN broadcast schedule. A total…
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TORONTO – Rogers has completed the quintuple play after launching its new home monitoring and automation system Wednesday.
Called Smart Home Monitoring, the security and energy management service allows customers to automate and manage sensors, cameras, thermostats, lights and appliances from their computer or smart phone. Rogers Communications CEO Nadir Mohamed talked about the new service in a speech last fall, as Cartt.ca reported, but it and other large North American MSOs have been developing the service for a number of years. Rogers has been building towards Wednesday’s launch for nearly five years and began testing technology three years ago. Over…
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CHILLIWACK, BC – Rogers Radio took the wraps off a new Top 40 radio station in B.C. Wednesday called SONic.
Despite rumours that the re-branded station would be dominated by sports, Rogers said that SONiC will feature artists such as Katy Perry, LMFAO, David Guetta, Marianas Trench, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Drake, Black Eyed Peas, Pitbull, and Ke$ha, among others. Available at 107.5 Chilliwack, 92.5 Abbotsford, and 104.9 Vancouver, SONic (fomerly CFUN-FM) has pledged to play 10,000 songs in a row without commercial interruption.
“SONiC speaks to a younger audience and represents a commitment to the next generation of listeners who…
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TORONTO – CTAM Canada’s next day-long course, as part of its Canada University Program, is entitled “How Cable Goes to Market.”
The course is designed for the marketing manager who is responsible for product management and strategic marketing, as it will provide insight into the new opportunities enabled by technological advancements. The course is open to and applicable to both cable and programming marketing professionals.
The course will provide participants with a better understanding of:
• The latest cable technologies and new products
• Complex technologies and terms in a non-technical language
• Emerging technologies’ effect on cable business and marketing
• The opportunities and…
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CALGARY – Speculation on just what Shaw Communications will do on the wireless front has been rampant since the winter when the company decided to shelve its HSPA build in the face of high costs and accelerating next generation technology.
Rumours of a pact with Rogers Communications to build a national LTE network were pretty hot for a while and others are guessing the big cable and broadband company just might forget about cellular altogether and go for a wi-fi strategy.
Back in June, Shaw CEO Brad Shaw told Cartt.ca the company would have a decision “over…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has approved a trio of new specialty channels, including a five-year license for Shaw Television to operate Shaw Media Sports, a national, English-language service that has been licensed as a Category C service.
Shaw is the latest media company to apply and receive permission to operate a sports channel, since the CRTC opened up competition in the mainstream sports segment. Rogers, CBC and MLSE have previously applied to the regulator and been approved to launch their respective sports channels, but one wonders what big name sports rights are left for another new sports channel to acquire.
Category…
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GATINEAU – While Shaw Communications continues to evaluate technologies for its plan to launch a wireless service in Western Canada, Scotia Capital Equity Research re-entered the debate by suggesting in a report published last week Shaw should not restrict its wireless solution to 4G/LTE but also consider cable Wi-Fi.
Scotia Capital (among others) had earlier speculated that Shaw team up with Rogers Communications to build a national LTE network.
“We think negotiations may still be ongoing, but we would like to point out another potential option for Shaw, one which we believe could turn out to be just as effective as…
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LOS ANGELES/TORONTO – Rogers Media Inc. and FX Networks have announced a deal at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Los Angeles to bring FX’s programming north of the border.
“Clearly in my opinion, FX is a network in a States that’s on a rise,” said Scott Moore, president of broadcast for Rogers Media at the press conference. “It’s the number four cable network in the U.S. now. Its programming is edgy, it’s high-quality, and it’s a great fit with our existing brands.”
FX Canada will launch on November 1 as anew digital service, and will deliver acclaimed programming…
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GATINEAU – Back in June of 2007 when CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein was just about five months on the job, the Commission denied CTVglobemedia’s request to keep the Citytv stations as part of the company’s purchase of CHUM Limited.
Since CTVgm (now Bell Media) already owned CFTO-TV in Toronto along with existing stations competing in Citytv’s other markets, the Regulator held firm to its one broadcast station per market policy of the same language, disallowing that portion of the sale. Weeks later, Rogers Communications stepped forward to buy the Citytv stations.
When it issued its decision then, the…
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TORONTO – With roughly five million Canadians preparing to travel this August according to Rogers Communications the company has launched new roaming solutions to help Canadians more easily manage their data use while traveling outside of Canada.
Starting immediately, Rogers customers on a Roaming Data Pass will be the first in Canada to benefit from real-time data usage alerts while roaming abroad, giving cost certainty and peace of mind. These new Roaming Data Passes start at $5 per day for both customers and small businesses.
The real-time usage alerts (up-to-date within five minutes) will be sent directly to a customer’s mobile…
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