TORONTO – Local news personality Anne Mroczkowski is joining Global Toronto’s flagship 6pm newscast.
After being abruptly cut from CityTV’s primetime newscast in January after a stint lasting more than two decades, Mroczkowski will join Leslie Roberts as co-anchor of the Global Toronto News Hour beginning June 1st.
“Leslie and Anne are an unbeatable team," said Patrick O’Hara, VP of Eastern Stations and GM of Global Toronto, in the announcement. "Their collective experience, knowledge, and deep connection with viewers in the Greater Toronto Area make them a winning combination. We are very pleased to welcome Anne to Global Toronto and…
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TORONTO – It sounds like Rogers isn’t interested in making any changes to their community channels.
As the CRTC began its review of the community TV policy framework, Canada’s largest cable operator released a survey that found that over 70% of its cable customers “strongly value” their Rogers community television service, just the way they are.
The research, conducted by The Strategic Counsel last month, determined that Rogers cable customers in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland “support the community channel as is and reject proposals to substitute programming created by those with special interests”.
Rogers’ customers advocated that local information programming (82%), festivals and…
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TORONTO – Food Banks Canada has been recognized by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association in recognition of its efforts to improve the lives of Canadians in need through its fundraising program ‘Phones for Food’.
The program, which is sponsored by Rogers Communications, received a ‘Connected to the Community’ award at the CWTA’s gala last week. ‘Phones for Food’ is a collection and recycling program that collects used wireless devices that are then refurbished or recycled with proceeds directed to Food Banks Canada.
"Food Banks Canada is an important partner in our efforts to reduce electronic waste by collecting used wireless devices”…
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OTTAWA – It’s not very often the country’s telecommunications and cable firms agree with anything the regulator has to say, but on foreign ownership rules, they at least partially support the CRTC’s proposal to a Parliamentary committee studying the matter.
One after the other last week, they addressed the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology on the need to liberalize current foreign investment restrictions for both telecommunications and broadcasting companies. They echoed the CRTC’s position that regulations can protect Canadian content on television and radio.
“While we do not believe there is a problem today, given…
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WASHINGTON, DC – Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and cable leaders will headline this year’s Cable Show scheduled for May 11-13 at the Los Angeles Convention Centre. And Cartt.ca will be there, too.
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts will keynote the Newsmaker Brunch on May 11, while FCC chair Julius Genachowski will be interviewed by NCTA president and CEO Kyle McSlarrow on May 13.
The panelists and themes of its three general sessions are confirmed as follows:
– Storytelling 3.0: Audiences, Creators, Content and Connection, with:• Glenn Britt, Chairman, President & CEO, Time Warner Cable• Philippe Dauman, President & CEO, Viacom, Inc.• Patrick…
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TORONTO – New wireless entrant Mobilicity has named Doug Perry to its senior management team as vice president of sales.
Perry will oversee the company’s sales operations, distribution and retail channel initiatives as it prepares to launch in Toronto this Spring, and in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa later this year.
A longtime member of the Canadian wireless community, Perry spent nearly a decade at Rogers in various roles including VP and GM of its wireless business. He was most recently VP of corporate sales for San Francisco-based Salesforce.com, a global provider of cloud computing, software-as-a-service and CRM solutions.
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TORONTO – Rogers has unveiled a new series of next generation, high definition personal video recorders including the largest hard drive in Canada at 500 gigabytes.
The new Rogers Cisco Explorer 8642HD PVR can record and store up to 62 hours of HD or 280 hours of SD content; offers HiRes feature updates to the user interface screens to 640×480 resolution from 320×240; and new playback features such as PVR Hashmarks which allows jumping forward or backward by 15, 30 or 60 minutes during playback of recorded programs.
It is also enabled for "near-future enhancements" including home networking and interactive TV services through…
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TORONTO – In an effort to broaden its retail distribution, Rogers has launched a pilot project with Shoppers Drug Mart which will see Rogers and Fido wireless products stocked in more than 30 drug stores.
Select Shoppers Drug Mart stores in "a key regional area" will begin offering HSPA-ready smart phones and Internet Rocket Sticks beginning July 1st, the companies announced Monday.
"Customers are telling us they want more choice for where they acquire Rogers and Fido products and services in their own neighbourhoods," said Rogers’ communications president Rob Bruce, in the announcement. "Through this pilot initiative, Rogers and Fido customers will have…
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TORONTO – Rogers Broadcasting has named Karen Steele as program director for KiSS-92.5, replacing Julie Adam.
Steele, who joined Rogers Broadcasting in July 2009, will be responsible for all programming, promotion, music, and personalities on the station which bills itself as Toronto’s #1 Hit Music Station.
Adam will continue as program director for Rogers-owned CHFI FM, as well as VP of national radio programming for Rogers.
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TORONTO – The Canadian on-line advertising market will top $1.74 billion this year, according to new research from Convergence Consulting Group.
The report ‘The Battle for the North American (Canada & U.S.) Couch Potato: New Challenges and Opportunities in the Content Market’ estimates that on-line TV advertising revenues represented 2.3% ($1.52 billion) of 2009 Canadian broadcast and specialty network TV advertising revenue. That figure is forecasted to grow to 3.1% in 2010.
As in the U.S., Canadian broadcast and specialty networks aim to grow on-line advertising revenue without negatively impacting their traditional TV advertising revenue and programming fees from cable, satellite,…
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