NOW THAT MY TWO-AND-a-half year old daughter has outgrown her predilection towards throwing things at our living room television (think keys and golf balls, not stuffed animals), I decided my Christmas gift to the family (okay, to me) would be a new television.
I want my HDTV.
Last month though, CTAM Canada published a piece of research which said, in essence, that Canadian consumers are not getting enough information on how to get the best high definition experience and too often are leaving the stores without a digital cable or satellite receiver, which is the best way (and…
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TORONTO – Movies from The Walt Disney Company are now available on Rogers On Demand, the company announced this week, which was reported here.
The multi-year video on demand movie rental agreement means Rogers customers will be able to purchase on demand a selection of new release and library features from The Walt Disney Company’s extensive portfolio. Titles include the Disney/Pixar hit animated comedy-adventure Cars and blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.
“We’re delighted to conclude our first VOD agreement in Canada, and to be working with Rogers to bring this wide selection of hit movie content…
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TORONTO – Look for CanWest Global’s Australian divestiture to pick up speed.
Alliance Atlantis Communications announced Wednesday morning that it is officially on the market, meaning the usual suspects like Corus Entertainment, Astral Media, CanWest Global and maybe Rogers Communications and Quebecor Media will soon be kicking tires and checking service records – if they haven’t already.
Bell Globemedia is about to start trying to digest CHUM Ltd. and is probably not going to be in the running, especially since it would probably run afoul of competition rules if it tried to grab both CHUM and Alliance Atlantis.
With…
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TORONTO and LONDON – Rogers Cable will be the first Canadian company to offer Disney Corp.’s Buena Vista International Television content on its video on demand platform in Canada, according to World Screen News.
Rogers digital cable customers will be able to watch Disney live action and animated movies on Rogers On Demand through their digital set top boxes in Ontario, says the story.
"Customers will be able to access new releases and library features. Among the titles included in the deal are Cars, which launches December 22 on the service, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s…
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TORONTO – Rogers Cable will add Turner Classic Movies to its analog channel lineup on February 1st.
Turner Broadcasting and Canada’s largest cable company made the announcement today. In addition, TCM will be made available to all subscribers via a free preview on December 23 and 24, 2006.
“We continue to strengthen both our analog and digital offerings” said David Purdy, vice-president and general manager, television, in a release.
Rogers is the sixth Canadian BDU to add the commercial-free, classic movie channel, joining Shaw Communications’ Star Choice and Shaw Cable, as well as MDU supplier Novus Communications, SaskTel’s Max…
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TORONTO – Primus Canada has expanded its wireless footprint in Canada, the company announced Thursday, giving Primus wireless customers the ability to make wireless calls in regions across the country where more than 93 per cent of Canadians reside.
"We know coverage is vital for our wireless customers so we are excited to bring this enhancement to them," said Rob Warden, vice-president, residential marketing, Primus Canada.
Primus Canada offers their customers a range of wireless savings packages and handsets to choose from, and aggressive wireless long distance rates.
Primus Canada is a subsidiary of Primus Telecommunications of Virginia and…
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TORONTO – Classic movies from Astral Media’s Mpix and Mescape will now be available to distributors through Mpix OnDemand, the company announced today.
Mpix OnDemand will mark the second SVOD service for The Movie Network, which has been offering The Movie Network OnDemand since June 2004.
"The success of The Movie Network OnDemand clearly indicates that we have entered an on-demand world where consumers want and expect choice and convenience when it comes to their television viewing," said Domenic Vivolo, senior vice-president marketing and sales, Astral Television Networks, in a release. "Mpix OnDemand complements our existing SVOD service by…
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ALEXANDRIA, VA – Martha Cronyn, senior research manager, and Karen Connors, research manager, at Rogers Cable took top prize Wednesday in CTAM’s Research Case Study Award Competition.
The Rogers duo won the award for “Winning the Home Phone," a project that integrated a multi-faceted research program of focus groups and online research, "as well as high-velocity testing – a technique where a random and statistically significant group of customers are targeted prior to official product/service launch – to help enter Rogers Home Phone into the Canadian residential phone market," says the CTAM National press release.
"As a result, Rogers…
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SOME THOUGHTS ON the TV Policy Review hearings that one day, could grow up to be full-sized columns. ********** ONE OF THE MOST interesting questions at the hearing came late in the day on Monday, December 4th, when Media Awareness Network faced the five-person panel.
MNet, as it calls itself, is a non-profit organization with the laudable goal of boosting media literacy among children. The group promotes media and Internet education through its online programs and resources, working with a number of organizations in Canada and elsewhere. Its sponsors include Bell, Shaw, CTV, CHUM, Rogers, Telus and CanWest Global….
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ANYONE WITH EVEN A PASSING knowledge in Canadian technology and software will remember Dr. Michael Cowpland’s Corel Inc.
After building a large software company with a very strong product (CorelDraw), hell-bent on taking on Microsoft in other market sectors (such as in word processing with WordPerfect) it fell on hard times after the tech bubble burst. Founder Cowpland was forced out in 2000 after an Ontario Securities Commission investigation.
Corel continues however, but in 2001, Cowpland, an engineer, turned his attention to the wireless space and purchased ZIM Technologies.
Today, ZIM is a mobile entertainment and Internet TV service…
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