TORONTO – The grand old game is back for another season, and Rogers Sportsnet has released a schedule to please the most demanding baseball fan.
Sportsnet will present 307 regular-season games this year, including 100 Toronto Blue Jays games, and most will be in high definition. The network is also the exclusive Canadian home to the All-Star Game and the MLB playoffs, including the World Series.
The regular season began early Tuesday morning with the first game from Japan, featuring the World Series champion Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics. Sportsnet will feature the two teams again Wednesday….
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TORONTO – Rogers Wireless has teamed up with music company Live Nation to offer its wireless customers the chance to get the first jump on tickets to certain concerts.
It has created the Wireless Box Office, allowing clients to buy tickets and get into concerts directly through their handset. To kick it off, Rogers announced it’s sponsoring the upcoming Simple Plan tour, and as of today, Rogers customers have the chance to get first crack at tickets.
“We are very excited to offer our customers access to some of the hottest live music performances on earth, exclusive engagements and…
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TORONTO – It’s all about the users. That’s the underlying theme to this year’s Canadian Telecom Summit, taking place June 16-18 in Toronto.
Bringing together the people who are transforming Canada’s telecommunications industry, the 2008 Summit will feature 20 keynote speakers and 50 panelists discussing the theme “Maintaining relevance for the customer”.
Leaders of some of the major players in the mobile wireless auction will share their perspectives, including Nadir Mohamed, President and COO of Rogers Communications, who will open the conference on June 16, Pierre Blouin, CEO of MTS Allstream, and Robert Depatie, President and CEO of Videotron….
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WE HAVE SOME questions for everyone. Feel free to answer, if you like, at editorial@cartt.ca. Answers will remain confidential – unless you’d like us to make them public… ************ 1. Quick, what’s a two-syllable word, ending in “o” that is a low-cost Canadian wireless brand? With the launch of a new name, Koodo, on the Telus network, we now have three answers to that question – counting Bell’s Solo and Rogers’ Fido. Can someone in marketing can explain to me the reasons why cheap Canadian wireless brand names apparently must end in o? Why is that such a…
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TORONTO – National radio sales continued its strong performance with an 8.8 % increase in the second quarter of the 2008 broadcast year, ended February 29, 2008, according to information provided by Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS).
“Given our strength at the midpoint of the year, we continue to forecast an overall increase for national radio in this broadcast year of approximately 8%, assuming the Canadian economy remains healthy.” said Patrick Grierson, president of CBS, in a release. “We’re seeing good growth geographically, especially in the west. In Q2, the national retail category continued to lead all sectors, capturing…
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OTTAWA – It will take three weeks to plough through the various issues to be presented by 74 intervenors who wish to speak during the CRTC hearing into the policies governing specialty channels and broadcast distribution undertakings in Canada.
Beginning on April 8th with Rogers Communications, commission staff has estimated it will take until April 28th to get to Lee Weston, the final intervenor (who has community TV on his mind) listed on the lineup released Friday.
The Regulator also released some preliminary financial data on the sector to help people prepare.
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WE ALL LOVE TO BE THE FIRST to declare something cool, or buzz-worthy. It’s fun and exciting to be the first to find something neat-o and let people know about it. Conversely, though, we humans also sometimes revel in declaring that when things that aren’t cool, aren’t on the hot lists, and that they are in fact, dead.
For many new media true believers, radio is part of the old media world, harkening back to the days when people submitted to the hierarchy and let others decide for them what they will listen to, what music is new and…
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OTTAWA – Bell Mobility, SaskTel and Rogers Communications were on the list of applicants intending to participate in the auction for Advanced Wireless Services that was released Friday by Industry Canada.
Earlier in the week, Shaw Communications, Quebecor Media, Eastlink and a consortium that includes Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS Allstream) indicated they would also be participating.
Shaw appears to have applied under the numbered company 1380057 Alberta Ltd, as it announced Friday that it had filed a $400 million financial deposit with Industry Canada in connection with the auction. That is the same amount listed by 1380057 Alberta…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC put on the public record Friday a slew of applications for new radio stations in Ottawa-Gatineau, along with several new TV proposals (Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing 2008-1).
Telelatino Network is looking for Category 2 digital TV licences for four new stations, while Rogers Broadcasting is seeking to operate a national English-language digital TV station devoted to baseball, called appropriately Baseball TV.
Among the 11 applications for radio licences in the Ottawa-Gatineau area are: Reel-Radio for a French-language campus radio station, Fiston Kalambay for a French-language Christian music service, Corus Radio Company for an English-language…
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PRINCE RUPERT, BC – Rogers Wireless has launched advanced wireless services over its Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication network in Prince Rupert, BC to service the city and Northern Canada.
“I appreciate Rogers’ support of our efforts to invest in the future of Northern B.C. with its multi-million dollar network expansion which will bring wireless service to Prince Rupert and other towns in the area,” said BC Premier Gordon Campbell.
Rogers said it has invested over $10 million in the service. Rogers Wireless GSM network coverage is now available in Prince Rupert and Terrace, with expansion to Prince…
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