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“We do not traffic shape downstream traffic,” says Rogers
Rogers carries over Sportsnet brand to radio
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TORONTO – The Canadian broadcast and telecom industries appear to have plenty to say about the proposed merger of Bell and CTV. With comments and interventions due on Tuesday, three weeks in advance of the CRTC hearing, most stakeholders offered their conditional support, but only with safeguards in place to preserve industry competition.
Rogers tied its support of the deal to Bell’s continued opposition to the issue of value-for-signal (a.k.a. fee-for-carriage). Bell, Rogers, Cogeco, Shaw and Telus at one point banded together to challenge the CRTC before the Federal Court of Appeal arguing that the Commission lacks the power…
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OTTAWA – It was good to be a TV distributor in 2010.
That’s the message we see in the CRTC’s aggregate financial data recently posted on the Commission’s web site. Expenses are up (in some cases, way up), but then again, so was revenue, and profits.
• According to the data submitted to the Commission by the big cable and satellite companies for the 2010 broadcast year (ended August 31, 2010), the largest six companies (Shaw, Bell, Rogers, Videotron, Cogeco and Bragg) together earned $12.15 billion in revenue from their video, high speed internet and VOIP telephone services (the data does…
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TORONTO – Astral’s Family Channel unveiled a new look on Tuesday, neatly timed to coincide with the launch of the high definition version of the channel.
"As part of the new look, the Family logo bounces, floats and pops. It never sits quietly on a shelf but bursts with life and energy," said Heather Senst, VP of creative services, in the announcement. "Through our new look our viewers are instinctively reminded of the fun, surprising and relatable nature of their favourite Family shows."
New on air station IDs include animation featuring the channel’s logo “as the instigator of all on-screen action”. A new…
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WHILE MASSIVE SPENDING cuts at one bankrupt broadcaster led it back into the black in 2010, another that was home to the Olympics saw the Games both boost – and drag down – results.
According to the aggregate financial data submitted to the CRTC by all English and French language OTA broadcasters and posted to the Commission web site recently, all lost money, save two.
• Those two are Quebecor Media’s TVA (which recorded a PBIT of $49 million in the 2010 broadcast year (ended August 31, 2010) and the former Canwest Global stations (now part of Shaw Media) which…
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TORONTO – This week, Rogers Television (the community channel arm of Rogers Cable) announced the cancellation of its local news and information show, First Local, effective immediately.
Local versions of the show had been produced in York Region, Durham Region, Mississauga, Barrie, Brantford, Stratford, Guelph and a provincial edition in New Brunswick. The program never existed in Ottawa or Toronto and had already been axed in Collingwood, London and Kitchener.
“The decision was made as a result of the CRTC’s new community television policy issued in August,” said Colette Watson, vice-president of Rogers TV. The policy imposed increased requirements for…
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TORONTO – Rogers can move forward with its $425 million purchase of Atria Networks after receiving approval of the deal from the Competition Bureau.
Kitchener-based Atria owns one of Ontario’s largest fibre-optic networks including 5,600 fibre route kilometers and over 3,800 on-net buildings in “high-growth territories” like Ottawa, Hamilton and Markham. Its customer base of over 1,100 customers spans the public sector, enterprise and carrier providers. Atria Networks was previously privately held by Birch Hill Equity Partners.
Rogers says that the deal, originally announced last October, augments its business solutions offering “by enhancing its ability to deliver on-net data centric services…
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WE JOURNALISTS JUST love our year-end lists, don’t we? They are everywhere. However, we don’t do predictions here. They only thing I have found to be certain when trying to predict the future is that nearly all the time, the predictions are wrong.
So instead, here’s our list of 10 open questions heading into 2011.
1. How much market share will the Telus and Bell Canada IPTV services take from incumbent cable companies? The user experience of the Microsoft Mediaroom-driven Optik TV and Fibe TV is just so darn good and so darn integrated (I’d switch just for the whole-home PVR…
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Industry wary of Bell/CTV marriage
Analysis: Commission figures all good for carriers – and a first ever peek inside Bragg
Family Channel bounces out a new look
Analysis: Even with LPIF cash, it wasn’t easy being a broadcaster in 2010, CRTC data shows
Rogers Television cancels First Local as new community policy shifts programming focus
Rogers finalizes deal for Atria Networks
ANALYSIS: Ten questions for 2011
