Breakfast Television in Vancouver and Calgary cancelled
TORONTO — Without providing specific numbers, Rogers Sports and Media confirmed to Cartt.ca this afternoon a “small percentage” of employees across the country are being laid off and the local Breakfast Television morning shows in Vancouver and Calgary, in their current form, have been cancelled.
“In early 2021, we will be expanding the Breakfast Television brand and a new BT will air on Citytv in 6 markets across the country: Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal. In addition, there are some programming changes at select radio stations across the country; listeners will continue to…
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TORONTO and WATERLOO — Rogers Communications, Sportsnet and the University of Waterloo today announced the launch of the Sportsnet Hockey Hack, a virtual hackathon in which students will design applications to enhance the fan experience for Sportsnet viewers, using Rogers’ 5G technology and data from the NHL’s Puck and Player Tracking system used during the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The student teams participating in the hackathon will also use Intel technology, software tools and expertise, including Intel Smart Edge and OpenVINO, to build applications designed to create fun, immersive viewing experiences for Sportsnet and NHL fans. Some of the potential…
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GATINEAU — As the CRTC continues to assess an accusation by Iristel that Rogers has been manipulating caller ID information for some of its mobile customers in order to give itself an undue advantage, the Commission has asked both companies to provide more information for the file.
In July, Iristel alleged Rogers has manipulated caller ID info to make it appear as though mobile calls are originating from the U.S., in order to circumvent routing restrictions and benefit from “more advantageous” termination rates. Most of the phone calls in question appeared to come from a single 212-475-#### phone number…
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GATINEAU — The CRTC today denied a review and vary application from Rogers Communications concerning the Commission’s decision in April to extend the deadline for Bell to deploy one-way toll trunks between the two companies’ networks — a deadline extension which Rogers wasn’t happy about.
Considering the Commission’s decision today comes two and a half months after the deadline by which Bell was supposed to have deployed the one-way toll trunks (to connect to Rogers switches in the Bell operating territories where Rogers also provides service), perhaps the whole matter of the R&V denial has become a moot point.
The…
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TORONTO — Rogers today announced its customers can now access Amazon Music directly through their Ignite TV box, allowing them to listen to their favourite music as well as thousands of playlists and stations.
Rogers Ignite TV customers also have access to the Amazon Prime Video app to watch their favourite TV shows and movies.
With Amazon Music, Prime members have access to two million hand-curated songs and thousands of stations and top playlists at no additional cost to their Prime membership. Subscribers to Amazon Music Unlimited, the service’s premium subscription tier, have access to millions more songs and thousands of…
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By Greg O’Brien
TORONTO – While reminding that the Covid pandemic continues to have an impact on business – and cautioning there remains considerable uncertainty, Rogers Communications reported a solid rebound in its businesses in the third quarter of 2020, beating most of Bay Street’s estimates.
The company reported wireless total net loading of 168,000 new customers – including a 34% increase in postpaid net subscriber additions, the company said in its third quarter press release this morning. Rogers also said approximately 2.2 million total subscribers have now switched to Rogers Infinite plans, up almost 60% in 2020.
That’s important, said CEO…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications today announced it’s launching wireless home broadband Internet service across more than 100 communities in southwestern Ontario, including areas around Halton Hills, St. Catharines and Niagara Falls.
Rogers wireless home Internet service leverages the company’s wireless network and infrastructure to deliver broadband to the home. Small antennas are set up on customers’ homes and positioned toward select towers which are equipped to support the increased usage. The technology provides broadband to residents in rural and remote communities that are harder to reach with a fibre-optic network, explains the Rogers press release.
The service will compete with…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Communications Inc. announced today their boards of directors “have unanimously rejected the revised unsolicited, non-binding proposal from Altice USA, Inc. of New York and Rogers Communications Inc. of Toronto.”
The companies’ statement says the boards met early on Tuesday to consider the purchase offer and Louis Audet, who is the executive chair of both boards and the representative of the controlling shareholder Audet family, formally confirmed “the publicly stated unanimous position of the Audet family as set out in its press release dated October 18, 2020.
“Following separate deliberations of the independent board…
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Audet family would have received $900 million for controlling shares
NEW YORK and TORONTO – Altice USA announced Sunday evening it has presented a new, higher offer to purchase Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Communications.
Then a bit later on Sunday evening, it was rejected by Cogeco’s controlling shareholder.
The new offer is for $11.1 billion, or $800 million more than the Altice/Rogers first pitch last month ($123/share for CGO and $150/share for CCA, a 57% premium over the shares’ prices as of August 1, notes the Altice release). What hasn’t changed is Altice’s desire to sell Cogeco’s Canadian assets to Rogers Communications,…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications announced today it has doubled the size of its 5G network to reach residents and businesses in 130 towns and cities across the country.
Previously, as recently as early September, Rogers had said it would expand its 5G network to reach more than 60 markets by the end of the year.
Powered by Ericsson, Rogers 5G wireless service is available exclusively on Rogers Infinite and Rogers for Business Shared Unlimited Data plans at no extra charge.
“We’re excited to roll out 5G to more communities large and small so that Canadians can use the latest 5G devices…
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