THE DIGITAL BRITAIN REPORT, an ambitious new plan by the leadership of the U.K. aimed at leading that country into the digital age, has set the year 2015 as the deadline when it will shut off analog transmission of radio station signals.
According to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, the government there is hopeful the continued uptake of Digital Audio Broadcasting, the standard of choice across the Pond, will allow them to make the switch, freeing up additional OTA spectrum for other uses and multiplying opportunity for radio broadcasters. Right now, digital listening already accounts for just over 20%…
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TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet Ontario and Pacific will air the Toronto Blue Jays charity auction on Friday.
Anchor Evanka Osmak will host live updates throughout the ball game informing viewers on the status of all bids for prizing such as a pitching lesson with the Blue Jay’s Roy Halladay, a trip to New York City in August to see the Jays take on the Yankees in a weekend series, or a hitting lesson with Jays’ second baseman Aaron Hill.
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TORONTO – Rogers Broadcasting announced a total of 10 people have been cut from its Queen Street and Lakeshore operations.
In an e-mail to staff from Maureen Rogers, vice-president and general manager, Citytv Toronto; Kelly Colasanti, vice-president, operations; and Dawn Morden, executive director on-air creative, which found its way into the Cartt.ca inbox late Thursday, the executives blamed the economy for the cutbacks.
“In light of the current economic climate, we have been analyzing how to conduct our business and subsequently we need to implement ways to adapt to the rapidly changing market conditions,” reads the e-mail. “As a…
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CTAM Canada will participate in teleseminar called ‘Understanding Viewer Multi-Screen Migration’ on July 23, 2009.
Based on a CTAM research study, the 75-minute satellite delivered panel discussion will provide a roadmap on how consumers are using content across the television, Internet and mobile platforms.
Senior cable and content marketers will tackle the complexity of marketing to multi-platform users and share experiences in maximizing the content distribution opportunities.
The teleseminar will be available through Westman Communications in Brandon; Rogers Cable in Toronto; Mountain Cable in Hamilton; Météo Média in Montreal; EastLink Cablesystems in Halifax; and Rogers Cable in St. John’s.
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NEW YORK and PHILADELPHIA – Time Warner is partnering with Comcast to offer its television content on-line in a free, on-demand platform.
The companies also unveiled ‘TV Everywhere’, a framework designed to bring more television content to customers on-line in a "consumer-friendly, pro-competitive and non-exclusive” manner.
“TV Everywhere is no longer just a concept, but a working model to deliver consumers more television content over broadband than ever before”, said Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes in the announcement. “We consistently look to make our popular, branded content more accessible to consumers in order to grow our business….
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ALEXANDRIA, VA – The 2009 CTAM Summit will stage a panel of cable and content company CTOs and strategists who will share their product “road maps” designed to meet consumer demand for more and better.
In the session ‘Cable’s Consumer Product Agenda’, industry leaders will discuss what is ready for market and what is on the drawing board, plus how to deliver the right features for customers at the right time.
The panel will be hosted by Molly Wood, executive editor of CNET.com, and will include Rich Battista, president of Fox National Cable Network; Nomi…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications will purchase 1.4 million of its outstanding class B non-voting shares for cancellation in a private purchase for an aggregate purchase price of $37,240,000.
This represents approximately 0.27% of the class B shares outstanding at June 4, 2009. The private purchase was made under an issuer bid exemption order issued by the Ontario Securities Commission.
The shares purchased under this transaction will be included in calculating the number of class B shares that Rogers may purchase through its outstanding normal course issuer bid.
In the twelve months preceding this purchase, Rogers has re-purchased an aggregate 18,157,400…
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TORONTO – IBM has signed a seven-year contract with Rogers Communications for information technology services and support, the companies announced.
“IBM will support Rogers’ ongoing information technology transformation with a stable and highly available IT environment,” reads the press release.
“To accommodate future growth, Rogers will have immediate access to IBM’s state-of-the-art data centre located outside Toronto. This will be linked to Rogers’ existing data centre facility using Rogers Business Services networking technology. IBM will also upgrade Rogers’ existing data centre facilities and storage capabilities over the next several years,” it reads.
"IBM is committed to supporting Rogers through…
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TORONTO – The new Apple iPhone 3G S went on sale in eight countries over the weekend, including here at home to Rogers wireless and Fido customers.
Unveiled earlier this month at Apple’s annual software developers conference, the new iPhone is two times faster than its predecessor, and comes with a built-in video camera, a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, and a voice control feature which lets customers use their own voice to call a contact, dial a number, or play a song.
Rogers is selling the device on-line and in-store starting at $199 for the 16 GB version and…
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OTTAWA – After dominating the three months worth of hearings earlier this Spring, the House of Commons committee on Canadian Heritage left out any recommendation on the controversial issue of fee for carriage in its report on the state of local television released Friday.
The committee heard testimony from 45 different groups in March, April and May about the issues and challenges facing Canada’s TV industry, from the importance of local television, to the fragmentation of TV audiences, through to declining advertising revenues.
Made up of MPs from all of the federal parties, the standing committee’s report made 18…
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