It is with great sadness that Rogers Communications Inc. announces the death of company founder Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers, a visionary communications industry pioneer and a titan in Canadian business. He was 75.
(Ed Note: The following is the full press release detailing Ted Rogers’ life, issued by Rogers Communications.)
Mr. Rogers, known for his relentless drive, built Rogers Communications into a Canadian leader in wireless telecommunications, cable television, broadcasting, publishing and more. Mr. Rogers’ name is synonymous with innovative, high-quality communications products across Canada.
He leaves his wife, Loretta; four children: Lisa, Edward (Suzanne), Melinda (Eric) and Martha; and…
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TORONTO – While the company said today a search committee will be convened to determine who will be the next chief executive officer of Rogers Communications, most of the industry and its observers would be pretty surprised if current president and COO Nadir Mohamed wasn’t the choice.
As we have reported earlier today, company founder and CEO Ted Rogers died this morning of congestive heart failure at the age of 75.
Right now, Alan Horn, the company’s long-serving former CFO and current board chair is acting CEO, a role he has held since Rogers was hospitalized on October 30th….
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TORONTO – With the privatization of Bell Canada looking like it’s dead, what with the release last week that KPMG can’t deliver a positive opinion on the solvency of the big telco post-deal, speculation has run rampant that Telus might still be interested in merging with Bell.
Scotia Capital analyst John Henderson issued an investor’s report saying that he believes there’s a 15% chance Of “Belus” happening. Telus did seriously want to kick Bell’s tires back in mid-2007 when the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and its partners put together its deal to buy Bell, but the western telco Continue Reading
TORONTO – Rogers Broadcasting has agreed to buy up Kingston’s K-Rock 1057 Inc.
The independent radio company launched rock stations K-Rock 105.7 FM (CIKR FM) in 2001 and KIX Country 93.5 FM (CKXC FM) in 2007 in partnership with Rogers. It will sell 100% of its ownership to Rogers, pending CRTC approval.
"This is a great opportunity for Rogers to expand our presence in Kingston, a market in which we’ve been involved since 2000," said Paul Ski CEO for Rogers Radio. "K-Rock has led the Kingston market because of its strong bond with listeners, advertisers and community organizations. We…
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PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Rogers Wireless has completed the expansion of its GSM network along the corridor between Prince George and Prince Rupert, in British Columbia.
The company recently announced $10 million investment in the northern part of the province, designed to improve wireless voice and data service along this “key business route”.
"Our goal with this network expansion is to offer a clearer choice to people living, working and travelling in Northern B.C.," said Gordon Nelson, vice president for Rogers in B.C. "We are very pleased to bring our leading-edge wireless services to this expanding corridor of business,…
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OTTAWA – While businesses can make mistakes by altering course too quickly, industry regulators make most of their mistakes by moving not quickly enough, Rogers Communications vice-chairman Phil Lind said Monday evening at a conference in Ottawa.
He was the keynote speaker – pinch-hitting for company founder Ted Rogers, who is still in a Toronto hospital – at opening dinner of the International Institute of Communications Canadian conference in Ottawa. (While Cartt.ca will be there tomorrow, we were sent a copy of Lind’s speech, which is represented in this story).
With CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein doing the intro…
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TORONTO – Three members of the Canadian telecommunications industry and one broadcaster were named to the 2008 Women’s Executive Network list of the 100 Most Powerful Women.
Lauren Flaherty, CMO Nortel Networks; Marrika Paul, senior vice-president Bell Canada, and Carol Ring, vice-president of strategic initiatives at Rogers Cable, and Michele Fortin, president and CEO of Quebec public broadcaster Tele-Quebec all received recognition at a luncheon held today in Toronto.
The Women’s Executive Network (WXN) has been dedicated to the advancement and recognition of executive-minded women in the Canadian workplace since 1997.
www.wxnetwork.com
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TORONTO – Despite the wild, scary ride the global economy has been taking us all on this year, wireless newcomer Globalive is well-financed and going full speed ahead, said its CEO, Anthony Lacavera, an investors conference in Toronto last week.
Recognizing that “the market would not allow external financing right now,” Lacavera told the Scotia Capital Markets Telecom and Technology investors day that Globalive’s wireless venture is well-funded by co-owner Orascom – a global wireless player based in Egypt with over 77 million wireless subscribers.
Globalive can count on up to $700 million from its corporate partner, said Lacavera,…
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DARTMOUTH, NS – Newcap and Rogers Broadcasting have received CRTC approval to exchange a couple of radio stations, as well as their respective applications to convert the AM radio licences to the FM frequency.
The two companies announced their intended swap earlier this year.
Newcap will exchange its CFDR AM 780 (country) broadcast licence in Halifax, and in turn receive Rogers’ CIGM AM 790 licence (news/sports/country music) in Sudbury plus a cash consideration of $5 million.
Formal closing is expected in the next 60 days while launch of the two FM stations is expected within the next twelve months, according…
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TORONTO – On Tuesday at the NextMedia conference in Toronto, Rogers Communications vice-president and general manager, television, David Purdy, told delegates that the cable, Internet, and wireless giant will launch its own broadband video portal sometime in 2009.
During a panel discussion pondering the pay-per-use model, non-advertising, that is, of monetizing broadband video (which also included Trevor Doerksen of Calgary-based TV download portal Mobovivo and Missy Suicide of Suicide Girls, a multi-faceted social networking portal which features pictures and videos of “hot punk rock girls naked” for $4 a month), Purdy was asked what he thought of…
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