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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MISSISSAUGA – The SCTE Ontario chapter is looking for speakers for its fall meeting, to be held Thursday, October 12, 2006 in Mississauga. The theme of the meeting will be: Testing and Troubleshooting Advanced Cable Networks.
The chapter is inviting anyone with unique skills or procedures for testing and troubleshooting some aspect of HFC plant and services to share that unique knowledge gained during a career in broadband cable telecommunications with your fellow members.
Potential participants are invited to provide a one paragraph description of what they would like to talk about in a 15 to 30 minute presentation…
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TORONTO – Bill Harper, Rogers Communications’ vice-president and chief procurement officer is going coastal.
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company, of San Francisco, Calif., announced today it has hired Harper as vice-president of strategic sourcing and operations support, effective August 21.
Harper will lead the utility’s supply chain, sourcing, materials operations, supplier diversity, transportation services, corporate real estate, transformation, environmental services, safety, health and claims, technical and land services and environmental quality assurance work.
“Bill brings more than two decades of experience in leading procurement and sourcing initiatives,” said Tom King, president and CEO of PG&E.
Prior to his stint…
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WINNIPEG – MTS Allstream and Rogers announced Thursday they are going to get along.
MTS said it reached a settlement with Rogers Communications over the provision of certain long distance traffic under the terms of a Long Distance Services Agreement entered into in November 2004.
Under the terms of the settlement, the two companies have entered into a new agreement for MTS Allstream to continue to provide web hosting services to Rogers, and that work is continuing to finalize an agreement respecting the ongoing provision of data services. The revised LD Agreement will continue until its expiry on December…
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TORONTO – Having family and friends in an overseas war zone is harrowing enough without having to pay a massive cell phone bill.
So, through August 31st, Rogers Communications employees can make calls and send text messages to Lebanon, Israel, Cyprus and Turkey for free.
A memo sent last week by RCI president and COO Nadir Mohamed outlined the offer. "It’s almost impossible to miss the daily media coverage of the events in Lebanon and Israel," he wrote. "And I imagine that if you have family or friends in the area, you are paying even closer attention – searching…
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THE CREATORS OF ICRAVETV.COM (remember that?) predicted, just by launching their web streaming service in 1999, that the momentum pushing TV programming off the tube and onto the net – and beyond – was unstoppable.
Although they hadn’t sorted out licensing and rights issues before making online streaming a tantalizing, if forbidden, fruit, the service was too far ahead of their time.
That time is now.
Content producers of all kinds are on the cusp of a frenzied push to move digital video beyond TV, to make greater use than ever of Internet-based broadband channels, and to go further,…
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MISSISSAUGA – Tuesday morning’s topic was plant powering. About what works best and most efficiently – and how to work safely.
The afternoon was concentrated on trying to put a little white ball into a slightly larger white hole – otherwise known as golf.
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers Ontario chapter’s annual golf tournament is growing in popularity and this year 148 members came to Mississauga’s Lionhead Golf Course for the event on July 25th.
Rogers Cable’s Vasile Jerca was first to speak on HFC outside plant powering. Thomas Humphrey of APC’s topic was about essential power requirements for…
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