TORONTO – In addition to a slate of new programming on its Citytv network, Rogers Media also announced plans to launch a new local news channel in Toronto to be called CityNews Channel.
Available to digital cable subscribers in October, the new station will offer “an enriched and interactive screen format”, the company said. It will also exploit resources from Rogers’ collection of television, radio, digital, and publishing platforms.
"We’re taking the number one news radio format in Canada, 680 News, and bringing it to television under the brand of CityNews Channel," said Scott Moore, president of Rogers Broadcasting, in Monday’s…
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THERE ARE NO WALLS at Corus Quay. Not even in the CEO, John Cassaday’s office. Anyone working there and not in a board room or studio can stand up, look across the building and see outside. It’s open and airy. Work spaces are flexible and unique. There’s a beach.
One of the design principles behind the building which has only been open about a year, is something Cassaday calls the “democratization of light” where “everybody has equal access to light, so there’s no floor-to-ceiling walls except for meeting rooms,” he said.
That principle, one could say, is in Corus’ blood nowadays….
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THERE ARE NO WALLS at Corus Quay. Not even in the CEO, John Cassaday’s office. Anyone working there and not in a board room or studio can stand up, look across the building and see outside. It’s open and airy. Work spaces are flexible and unique. There’s a beach.
One of the design principles behind the building which has only been open about a year, is something Cassaday calls the “democratization of light” where “everybody has equal access to light, so there’s no floor-to-ceiling walls except for meeting rooms,” he said.
That principle, one could say, is in Corus’ blood nowadays….
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IN THE MIDST OF THE RECESSION, when big advertisers like carmakers were hardly spending and traditional media like television and newspapers were bearing the full brunt of the pullback, I remember a conversation I had with someone I’ll dub a new media “true believer”.
(This month, Cartt.ca INVESTIGATES is analyzing the myriad changes underway in television advertising. Three weeks ago, we found the appetite for new ways to reach consumers via the TV platform is growing rapidly. Two weeks ago we dove into the progress addressable ads are making (or not). Last week we analyzed interactive advertising,…
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OTTAWA – Many wireless providers are telling Industry Canada that it should restrict Inukshuk Internet’s ability to fully participate in the 2500 MHz spectrum auction.
MTS Allstream, Quebecor Media Inc., Shaw Communications, Telus Corp., and EastLink all suggested in comments to the 2500 MHz licensing process that it would be unfair to allow Inukshuk unfettered bidding in the auction because it owns 98% of licensed 2500 MHz bandwidth and a considerable chunk of the overall band. Inukshuk is a joint venture between Bell Canada and Rogers Communications.
For MTS, it’s no longer a question of whether competition is…
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TORONTO – The company has had its hiccups, but as of Thursday, Public Mobile has been open for a year.
The wireless start-up with the spectrum, G-band, that so few wanted (and some quite unique advertising that stands out from the crowd by cleverly using their very customers) has battled the incumbents and new competitors in the marketplace, in front of regulators and in the courts and emerged energized, says Bruce Kirby, the company’s vice-president of strategy and business development.
“It’s been a lively year,” he told Cartt.ca in an interview. “There has been some interesting behaviour by the incumbents who…
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TORONTO – While one analyst made waves yesterday predicting the potential Canadian entry of Mexican wireless giant America Movil, another today says such a move is unlikely.
UBS Securities analyst Philip Huang was quoted in the Globe and Mail yesterday saying the company (headed by Carlos Slim, considered to be the world’s richest man) which has over 220 million customers has asked the incumbent Canadian operators what sort of arrangements can be made so that America Movil (AMX) can launch as an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) here.
An MVNO sees a competitor basically rent space from a network owner…
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OTTAWA – One year after its launch, 25,000 Canadians now subscribe to the wireless Amber Alerts program, according to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA).
The free text message service assists Amber Alert agencies in providing the public with immediate and up-to-date information about a child’s abduction, and solicits the public’s help in the safe and swift return of the child. The program is administered by Canada’s wireless telecommunications industry, in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Ontario Provincial Police and Amber Alert agencies across the country.
The Amber Alerts program is available to cell phone users in all 10…
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OTTAWA – Encouraging competition in Canada’s wireless industry should be top of mind during future spectrum auctions, according to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC).
The consumer group said that its comments come in response to some telco incumbents requests to Industry Canada to drop the practice of reserving spectrum for new entrants during the auction of spectrum in 2500 MHz band.
Noting that “the Big Three” currently hold the rights to 85% of the total available spectrum, and that Bell, Rogers and their joint affiliate Inukshuk own nearly two thirds of the 2500 MHz spectrum, PIAC said that Industry Canada must continue…
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OTTAWA – The country’s big Internet service providers will be required to provide static Internet protocol (IP) address allocation for their third-party Internet access (TPIA) services, the CRTC has ruled.
A static IP address is a number that is assigned to a device, such as a computer, to be its permanent address on the Internet. An ISP assigns the address when it provides an Internet access service to an end-user.
Cogeco, Rogers, Shaw and Videotron originally told the Commission that it is unclear whether the managed router solution they use to provide static IP addresses for business customers would work for their TPIA…
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