COULD OVER-THE-TOP video be the single largest threat to the current TV business model?
Join CTAM Canada on November 4 at the Velma Rogers Theatre in Toronto to hear technologist Shelly Palmer speak on the issue. Considered the foremost authority on the subject, Palmer is also the author of the book Television Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked TV.
The purpose of this event is to provide an opportunity for an industry-wide discussion focusing on longer-term thinking about over-the-top video, where new technologies are enabling content viewers to bypass the traditional TV distribution channel.
The event is free for CTAM members…
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LOS ANGELES and TORONTO – Rogers Media has struck an investment and distribution partnership with Michael Eisner’s new media studio, Vuguru. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Vuguru, a studio that produces and distributes content for new media platforms, said it will increase the number of annual productions to 30 series a year. Rogers will hold the exclusive Canadian rights to future Vuguru projects.
"This deal not only solidifies Vuguru’s position as a leader in the new media landscape, but it also allows us to stay true to our creative and business philosophy of owning and distributing high-quality, story-driven…
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OTTAWA and CALGARY – Shaw is now Canada’s largest cable company after receiving CRTC approval to proceed with its purchase of Mountain Cablevision.
As reported by Cartt.ca, Shaw offered to buy the Hamilton-based BDU back in July. Rogers tried to block the acquisition citing a near decade-old non-compete arrangement it had with Shaw, but that argument was dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court last month.
The Commission officially approved Shaw’s application on Thursday, meaning that Mountain’s ownership and control will be changed to 1474888 Alberta Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Shaw Communications Inc. Approximately 135 employees, 41,000 cable customers, 29,000…
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TORONTO – Big Ten Network (in HD and SD) has launched on Rogers Cable, the companies announced Wednesday.
Now available in free preview until January 14, 2010, the Big Ten Network offers coverage of the Big Ten Conference with hundreds of live college sports events – approximately 35 football games; 105 regular season men’s basketball games; and 55 women’s basketball games each year.
The Fox Cable-represented Big Ten Network joins Raptors NBA TV, Leafs TV, CBS College Sports, ESPN Classics Canada and The Golf Channel as some of the channels included in the Sports Theme Pak which also offers HD customers…
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NEW YORK – While the latest CRTC hearing into the regulated video system will be in full swing in Gatineau, Rogers will be unveiling its TV Everywhere portal, senior vice-president David Purdy told a conference panel on Wednesday.
Rogers customers will be able to get content from 15 channels, Purdy told his audience at the Broadcasting & Cable/Multichannel News’ On Screen Summit and eventually, they will be able to go mobile with their TV.
Cartt.ca originally reported on this upcoming launch earlier this year.
Click here for the full story on Multichannel.com.
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TORONTO –
Whether it’s true IPTV or a version of DSL doesn’t really matter and in a Canadian context anyway, that’s a significant number (right around the total number of people living in Windsor, Ont.). And they are building, experimenting and taking customers away from their primary competitors, cable.
This week in Toronto, a number of the traditional telecom companies which are now offering TV are meeting with the various programmers in Canada and from the States to talk about their expansion plans (more regions, more customers, more channels).
Most are adding channels and capabilities. Some are newer and serve a…
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TORONTO – Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium has signed a “significant” multi-platform sponsorship agreement with RBC for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
The deal gives RBC execlusivity in the financial instituion products and services category across the Consortium’s suite of English and French television, radio and digital assets, as well as print, leading up to and during the Games and the Olympic Torch Relay.
“This partnership is one of the most integrated and robust media sponsorship agreements ever in Canada for an Olympic Games,” said Keith Pelley, president of the Consortium, in the announcement. “The customized package includes…
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TORONTO – GlassBOX Media Group has raised the bar on advertiser integrated, multi-platform reality programming with a new TV series called West 49 Ambition Skatecamp.
The 8-part series, which kicks off on November 2 on Bite TV, follows eight of Canada’s most highly accomplished young skateboarders participating in an intense competition while mentored by skate industry experts. The winner receives a profile in SBC Skateboard magazine and a chance to compete against the world’s top amateur skaters at the Maloof Money Cup, which boasts the largest purse in the history of pro skateboarding with more than $450,000 in prize money.
Emerging musical…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications launched TV call display Thursday, a product enhancement to its home phone and digital TV service that allows incoming calls to be immediately displayed and managed on a customer’s TV screen.
When a customer’s phone rings, a pop-up banner displaying the details of the call appears at the bottom of the TV screen. Customers can then choose to answer the phone or press ‘exit’ on their Rogers remote to make the banner disappear, or select ‘snooze’ to temporarily turn off the pop-up.
Digital TV customers who subscribe to Rogers’ home phone with call display and voicemail can choose to…
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TORONTO and OTTAWA – In what could be a first, Internet service providers, consumer groups and independent producers all agreed that Wednesday’s CRTC framework on Internet traffic management practices got it right.
“I didn’t think that we needed any rules, but, they are reasonable, certainly not draconian”, Rogers’ SVP of regulatory, Ken Engelhart, told Cartt.ca. “They’ve picked a middle ground that we can live with.”
Over at Telus, Michael Hennessy, SVP of regulatory and government affairs, largely concurred, calling the new rules “clear and well thought out”.
“I think it was a good decision”, he said in an interview with Cartt.ca. “The…
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