TORONTO – The 2007 Canadian Telecom Summit, June 11-13, includes 18 keynote addresses by some of the most senior folks in the sector and has become a must-attend event.
Delegates will hear from the leaders of Canada’s major telecom service providers, equipment and software suppliers. Panel discussions will take more in-depth looks at wireless networks, consumer and business services, wireless content, VOIP/unified communications and illegal content on the Internet.
With the continued growth of wireless and the strong emergence of IP that will power next-generation voice and broadband offerings, Canada is embarking on an exciting and fast-paced telecom journey…
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TORONTO – A survey done for Rogers Communications, Canada’s largest wireless company, says that Canadians are pleased with their cell phone service.
A total of 1,500 Canadians were surveyed in February by the Strategic Counsel and collectively, ‘”overwhelmingly” said they were happy, says the press release.
The survey said 82% of wireless users believed there is enough or more than enough choice in the number of wireless service providers. Of those same users, 84% believe that the number of handsets or models of wireless phones available to them at the time of purchasing their last wireless phone was enough…
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TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet will show a whopping 400-plus baseball games this Major League Baseball season (which begins Sunday).
One hundred and sixteen of those are corporate cousin Toronto Blue Jays games but kicking off coverage this year is the New York Mets visiting the St. Louis Cardinals this Sunday evening.
"Baseball fans can watch more MLB on Sportsnet than any other network in Canada this season," says the press release. "In addition to the 250 regular season MLB broadcasts Sportsnet also features 116 Toronto Blue Jays games; and all games from the 2007 MLB Playoffs. The total broadcasts…
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TORONTO – CBC will continue to have Hockey Night In Canada until at least 2014.
The country’s public broadcaster and the National Hockey League today announced a new six-year broadcast agreement for national English-language broadcast and multimedia rights to NHL games in Canada. The new agreement commences with the 2008/09 season and runs through 2013/14. The agreement is subject to approval by the NHL’s Board of Governors at its June 20 meeting.
"Hockey is part of the Canadian fabric and we’re proud and pleased to continue what is the longest-standing sports rights partnership in the world; one that dates…
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MISSISSAUGA – Ontario’s SCTE Cable-Tec Games will be held Thursday, April 26 from 2:30 p.m. to approximately 9 p.m. at the Mississauga Grand.
This will be the only Games event in Ontario this year, but the top technicians will again be eligible for prizes and will represent Ontario at the National SCTE Games held at the annual Cable-Tec Expo, June 19 to 22 in Orlando.
"We are planning a big event so get your company’s top techs whipped into shape now. We also have a team event again this year. Participation is open to all cable techs in Ontario,…
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TORONTO – More than eight in 10 Canadians oppose mandatory inclusion on digital basic of the five new channels being considered for the priority carriage, according to a telephone survey of 1,000 Canadians polled March 18-22 by Strategic Counsel on behalf of Rogers Communications.
The survey of Canadians 18 years and older from across the country – 70% of whom were cable subscribers and 30% of whom were satellite TV subscribers – also revealed strong support for pick and pay options.
The CRTC is considering adding the new digital specialty TV channels Metis Michif Television and Canada One along…
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TORONTO – A new age of interactive content created by small independent producers is dawning, now that the broadband “asteroid” which hit the traditional media market some time ago is causing incumbent “dinosaurs” to die off. That was how Canadian science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer characterized the current state of the interactive digital media industry to kick off the recent Interactive Content Exchange (ICE) 2007 conference held in Toronto.
“This is the age of the blurring between consumer and producer,” Sawyer said. “The asteroid has hit. The future is there to claim, the world is there to claim.”…
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – Canada’s digital specialty channel BITE Television has been nominated for an international Emmy in the Interactive Channel category.
BITE Television’s content consists of user-generated, acquired and in-house short-form productions. The three- to five-minute edgy shows target the 18 to 34-year-old male demographic. Last week, the channel finalized an agreement to provide Amp’d Mobile with short-form content.
“While we are still a very young company, it’s great to be internationally recognized,” said company president and CEO Jeffrey Elliott.
Mississauga-based BITE Television, which launched in April 2005, is available on channel 322 on Rogers Cable, channel 123 on…
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DEJA VU IS A CURIOUS THING. It happens sporadically to most of us where we think "hey, I’ve been here before."
It often feels like that time is now in the media/telecom space: That we have been here before, riding a weird, growing technological and services wave. Just like the late 1990s and into 2000-’01 it seems like we have every company (some really big, some really small) going a million miles an hour in every direction all at once.
Back then, AOL bought (snicker…) Time Warner, CanWest bought The National Post and what was the Southam newspaper group…
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TORONTO – CHUM Television and Rogers Home Phone have teamed up on a contest that offers people the chance to reunite with loved ones.
The contest, dubbed Rogers Reunion Wednesdays, will pay for the winners to meet their special someone anywhere in Canada and also provide them with a Rogers Home Phone Service package to keep them connected.
The winners’ stories will be broadcast every Wednesday over three weeks on CHUM’s BreakfastTelevision program on Citytv Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. The lucky entrants will be informed they have won via a live phone call from BT.
To enter, log on…
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