TORONTO – A day after his surprise departure from CBC, Scott Moore has been named to the new position of president of broadcasting for Rogers Media. Rogers also announced that Leslie Sole will be promoted to the newly created position of chief content officer.
"The breadth of industry knowledge that Leslie and Scott bring to the table will be of great benefit," said president Keith Pelley, in Wednesday’s announcement. "It’s an exciting time in our industry and Leslie and Scott will ensure that Rogers Media is positioned to perform in a feverishly competitive environment."
Beginning December 6th, Moore will oversee…
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OTTAWA – Ruth Thorkelson, senior vice-president of public affairs at the Retail Council of Canada (RCC), described merchants’ mood towards mobile payments as “neutral to frosty” because they don’t yet see the value. Plus, merchants aren’t likely to adopt mobile payments the way they have for debit and credit card transactions because of security concerns.
“There is a reason why we are the second highest debit users in the world: it was a 100% rock solid guarantee by every player in that payment chain that your transaction was secure. There’s almost no risk for the consumer. That’s why we…
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TORONTO – Rogers is adding CTV’s prime time content to its on-demand platform, the company said Tuesday.
The announcement comes days after its biggest competitor – Bell – announced that it was adding various CTV and /A Channel series to the on demand lineup of its Fibe TV service.
A Rogers spokesperson confirmed to Cartt.ca that the content, which includes hits like The Big Bang Theory, Desperate Housewives, Blue Bloods and The Dr. Oz Show, will be available 48 hours after its original television broadcast at no additional charge.
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A GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE designed to stop incumbent ISPs like Bell, Rogers and Shaw from implementing usage-based billing seems to be quietly gaining momentum.
Led by the consumer group OpenMedia.ca, the campaign launched a petition late last week which calls usage-based billing “a blow to consumer choice, to access, and to free expression” and “devastating not only for the user experience, but for all innovation and entrepreneurship online”.
Using an image of a parking meter whose red ‘expired’ tag reads “Too Much Internet”, the petition had over a thousand names in less than 24 hours. This prompted the OpenMedia.ca network to kick off an…
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REGINA – SaskTel is voicing its firm objection to a proposed 50% increase in local telephone rates in rural Canada, at least without an opportunity for residents in those areas to weigh in.
The Regina-based telco said in a statement that rate proposals made last week by Shaw, Rogers, Telus and Bell during the CRTC’s local telephone service hearing failed to address “the sharp inequalities in employment and incomes across the country”. SaskTel also suggested that the majority of “rural and northern residents do not understand the magnitude of the impact this public hearing could have on them”.
“We believe that these…
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TORONTO – Mobilicity introduced both U.S. and global roaming to over 60 countries for its customers travelling beyond Canadian borders.
Monday’s announcement detailed that Mobilicity customers in the U.S. will pay a flat-rated $0.25 per minute on calls to Canada. In comparison, the announcement continued, Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless and Telus Mobility charge consumers an approximate average of $1.30 per minute.
Global roaming is now available in many European countries, India, the U.K and Mexico, among others. Calls, texts, and data sessions are charged on a pay-per-use basis and customers will require funds in My Wallet, the company’s dedicated personal depository,…
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BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. – It’s taken a while to dole out the millions of dollars the federal government set aside to fund broadband expansion to rural areas in Canada.
That has led some telecom industry insiders to tell Cartt.ca Industry Canada, which is in charge of the Broadband Canada fund, is having difficulty finding enough places which remain unserved by Canadian broadband providers upon which to spend the money.
However, after Saturday’s announcement of the third wave of funding, $152 million of the $225 million available has been spoken for and Minister Tony Clement told Cartt.ca in an interview Saturday the…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications announced late Thursday that it has spent $75 million on voting shares of Cogeco Cable and Cogeco Inc.
Rogers Communications is acquiring the subordinate voting shares of Cogeco Cable (892,250 of them) at a cash purchase price, excluding commissions, of $43.98 per share, for aggregate consideration of $39.2 million. As for Cogeco Inc., Rogers has agreed to purchase 946,900 shares for $35.7 million.
Rogers already owns a large stake of the company’s voting and non-voting shares. The Cogeco Cable shares being acquired represent approximately 2.7% of the subordinate voting shares and after these purchases, Rogers will own…
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TORONTO – If Canada is going to deliver broadband nationwide – connecting a growing plethora of products – we need to move forward immediately on the next wireless spectrum auction, Rogers Communications CEO Nadir Mohamed said on Wednesday.
In a speech at the Economic Club of Toronto and later speaking to reporters, Mohamed implored the federal government to move the auction of the 700 MHz block of spectrum especially with greater alacrity. He also asked Industry Canada to make sure the auction is without the set-aside rules favouring newcomers which was used in the last spectrum sell-off in 2008 that…
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WINNIPEG – MTS Allstream continued to record modest growth for its MTS TV product, broadband and wireless for its third quarter ended September 30, 2010.
Digital TV revenues increased by 10.2% for the quarter based on 6.4% subscriber growth and increased ARPU. MTS Ultimate TV, which is the company’s premium television service, now represents 34% of its TV customer base.
At the end of the third quarter, the company had more than 30,000 subscribers to its MTS Ultimate TV service, as compared to approximately 25,000 at the end of the second quarter of 2010. In total, it reported 89,604 digital…
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