TORONTO – Nick Kypreos, fast becoming the face of Rogers Sportsnet’s hockey coverage, has signed a new multi-year deal with Rogers Sportsnet to continue as a feature hockey analyst with Hockeycentral and sportsnetnews.
A Sportsnet original, the former NHL winger (known more for his knuckle work than stick work) joined the network when it launched back in October of 1998. Kypreos had stops in Washington, Hartford, New York and Toronto, and has become "a cornerstone of the Hockeycentral brand," says the channel.
There are also rumors of a radio gig at another Rogers media outlet, Toronto’s FAN 590, but…
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TORONTO – Rogers Cable will make speeds of 18 Mbps available to its customers in the fourth quarter of this year, the company announced today.
The service, Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Elite, will have a monthly fee of $99.95 and will include 100 GB of storage. Customers of this service will be able to purchase additional bandwidth for a charge of $1.25 per GB.
This new service will be offered in Rogers Cable service areas where the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Extreme service is currently available. Customers may choose to either rent or purchase the modem.
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TORONTO – After a year’s absence from Toronto radio, Mix 99.9 announced it has hired "Mad Dog and Billie" as its new Morning Show hosts. Jay "Mad Dog" Michaels and Billie Holiday will take over as the new Mix Morning Show August 8th, 2006.
The pair replace "Humble" Howard Glassman, who was fired from the Standard Radio station over two weeks ago.
The duo’s first shift will coincide with the official first day back from the Mix Summer Vacation, where the station has been running DJ-free since Glassman was let go.
In one of the more ill-fated moves in…
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OTTAWA – With several video distributors now asking to add the satellite radio channels from XM Canada or Sirius Canada to their respective channel lineups, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters has asked the CRTC to take a close look at the applications.
Responding to a request made by Bell Canada earlier this year to add the satellite radio signals to its terrestrial TV channel lineups, the CAB said "the application focuses attention on one of the fundamental principles of the Canadian broadcasting system, i.e. the requirement for a predominance of Canadian services, and that therefore a number of matters…
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TORONTO – With the City of Toronto about ready to begin its launch of free city-wide wireless Internet access, Rogers Communications CEO Ted Rogers sounded off about the project today.
Speaking with financial analysts about the company’s strong second quarter results (see related stories), Rogers doubted the City’s WiFi build-out (where the municipal-owned Toronto Hydro Telecom is installing transmitters on light posts for a free, pan-city service) will make much of a dent in his company’s business.
"The need for Internet is very very important in the rural areas," he added, but "the idea of a public body like…
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TORONTO – "We have no particular interest in the assets that have been publicly announced as being for sale, i.e. the A-Channels," Rogers Media president Tony Viner said this morning, addressing the CHUM Ltd. assets that will be divested, assuming the Bell Globemedia bid for the TV company passes regulatory tests.
As reported, BGM has said it will sell CHUM’s A-Channel mini-broadcast network after it purchases the company but while Viner isn’t interested in the TV assets, he did say he would look at any other assets that came up. "We’ll see if they fit our overall strategy,"…
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TORONTO – A query about shifting CRTC regulations got Rogers Communications founder Ted Rogers to take a few swings at government and his telco competition this morning.
During the company’s second quarter conference call with financial analysts, one asked about the potential for changing CRTC regs and what that might do to Rogers’ business plan. While no one mentioned the VOIP decision (and the Cabinet demand that the CRTC reconsider it) or the local forbearance decision (and the appeal filed by the traditional telcos, plus Industry Canada’s demand the CRTC let market forces rule),…
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TORONTO – "This year’s second quarter EBITDA is greater than the full EBITDA of 1996… the six months EBITDA is higher than the full year in 2002," Rogers Communications CEO Ted Rogers said this morning in unveiling the company’s second quarter results, for the three months ended June 30th.
Consolidated revenue grew 29% to $2.24 billion in the quarter and consolidate operating profit increased 31% to $742 Million.
As for individual customer figures, wireless postpaid ARPU grew 6.9% and postpaid Churn fell to 1.27%. Residential and business local telephony lines have passed 735,000
All three of the company’s operating…
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TORONTO – Four CHUM Ltd. channels which are thought to be tailor made for wireless viewing (i.e. – their content is already in small chunks of entertainment and information) have been added to the MobiTV Canada lineup.
Customers of Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility will now have access to MuchMusic, MuchLoud, MuchMoreRetro and Star!
MobiTV Inc. is a leader in television and digital radio services for cellular, WiFi and broadband enabled devices, however, it has reported only 500,000 customers world wide so far. The CHUM channels offer music videos and music news (the "Muches") and entertainment…
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TORONTO – The move won’t help Canadian subscriptions to the NFL Network for the next few years, but TSN’s latest programming addition will make more NFL games widely available in Canada.
Today, TSN and the National Football League announced the network has secured exclusive Canadian rights to the NFL’s Thursday/Saturday eight-game regular season broadcast package, beginning this season and continuing through 2008 (which means the games on the NFL Network will be blacked out in Canada).
Stateside, the league has kept these games for itself, and will be airing them on its own NFL Network, which is available in…
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