MONTREAL – Bell and Rogers joint venture, Inukshuk Wireless, today announced the launch of its 2006 call for proposals in its 10 licensed service areas: Alberta, British Columbia, Eastern Ontario and Outaouais, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec and Yukon.
On a national basis, the amount of funding available under this year’s call is approximately $3 million. The funding is part of Inukshuk’s commitment to invest annually to promote learning in each of its licensed regions, says the press release.
The Inukshuk Wireless Learning Plan aims to meet the needs for on-line learning…
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VICTORIA – Yachting is a notoriously difficult sport for spectators to track. Unlike auto racing, where the vehicles keep coming by every couple of minutes or so, when ships go to sea, they all but vanish.
However, thanks to sophisticated satellite positioning transponders provided by FleetPoint and Rogers Wireless, when the 63rd Swiftsure International Yacht Race — Lightship Classic gets under sail today in the waters off Victoria, B.C., competitors, officials and fans will have a bird’s-eye view of the race,
For the first time, supporters, race enthusiasts, family members and friends on shore also can watch the progress of…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications has produced two public service announcements that aim to raise awareness for Cybertip.ca, the national tip line for reporting the on line sexual exploitation of children.
Each PSA will air across Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland on specialty channels, as well as, Rogers Television and TV Guide.
Cybertip.ca is a centralized web portal for receiving and addressing reports from the public regarding child pornography, luring, child sex tourism, and children who are exploited through prostitution. It also provides the public with information, referrals and other resources to help Canadians keep their children safe while on…
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TORONTO – Wireless technology customers are ready to move beyond voice and text messaging applications to an increasingly more sophisticated mobile user experience. That was a key message delivered by several speakers at the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) “Work.Live.Play.” conference, held this week in Toronto.
Whereas text messaging was viewed as the lowest common denominator, from a technology perspective, to attract mobile consumers two to three years ago, today’s wireless customers desire a much richer user experience, said Dean Tseretopoulos, vice-president of interactive mobile solutions at MyThum Interactive during a panel discussion.
Toronto-based MyThum Interactive…
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TORONTO – Mandarin Chinese channel ET Global has been added to the Rogers Cable channel lineup.
The general entertainment channel features programs such as the ETTV U.S. news, the "ET Worldwide" call-in program, a popular celebrity talk show about fortune tellers, made for television dramas and an English-language learning series.
It’s available in a free preview until June 15 and is $19.95 a month after that. Rogers now offers 45 ethnic channels in over 20 different languages.
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ST. JOHN’S – License this month. Launch next month.
Eastern telco Aliant today announced the launch of Aliant TV in St. John’s, NL. The IP-delivered digital TV option features over 150 video channels and 70 audio and will be available to customers in selected areas of St. John’s, Mount Pearl and Paradise – who can sign up now with installs to begin in late June and continuing throughout the year.
Aliant has offered terrestrial digital TV in parts of Halifax for almost a year and this is the first move outside Nova Scotia. As reported by cartt.ca last…
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SUDBURY – The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada presented its Central Canadian awards at the Regional Professional Development Seminar in Sudbury Saturday evening.
The 2005 TELEVISION winners are:
Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast
* A-Channel London for Lynda Shaw’s Killer – (Medium Market) * CTV Montreal for CTV NEWS AT 6 The December 16 Blizzard – (Large Market)
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News
* Global News – Ontario for Man on Fire * CTV Toronto for The Boxing Day Shootings – (Honourable Mention)
Dan McArthur Award – In-depth/Investigative
* City TV in Toronto for Fabry’s Drug…
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TORONTO – On Wednesday, Toronto’s 98.1 CHFI helped to raise over $700,000 to support shelters for abused women, and to help stop violence before it starts.
In conjunction with Winners/HomeSense, CHFI took part in "Shelter from the Storm" – a fundraising campaign that included a 13-hour CHFI Radiothon from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Morning show hosts Erin Davis and Mike Cooper were broadcasting live throughout the day from Winners College Park, raising funds for the Canadian Women’s Foundation and bringing attention to the subject of violence against women.
The broadcast featured survivors’ stories, experts and celebrity guests. Matt…
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TORONTO – Much of the Rogers Communications technical staff found out for sure today that they will be the ones filling the company’s new building in Brampton.
In October of 2005, Rogers paid Nortel $100 million for the telecom gear manufacturer’s one-million-square-foot former headquarters. Brampton, a city just north of Mississauga, is actually the town where Ted Rogers got his start in cable.
So far, about 300 Rogers IT staffers are already working there, but 3,400 more from network technology, IT and call centre staff will be moving there in the coming months. No existing Rogers offices will be shuttered, but some former Sprint…
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ALVISO, Calif. – PVR creator and manufacturer TiVo expanded its boxes’ capabilities this week with the addition of an ad search service and the ability to bring downloaded web video to the TV set.
‘TiVo Product Watch’ offers advertisers a new way to reach TiVo subscribers (PVR/DVR users are notorious linear TV ad-skippers but are also voracious searchers) who are actively looking for products with advertising content and information. At launch, TiVo Product Watch will deliver targeted, relevant advertising content, from more than 70 advertisers and 100 leading brands, from up to five different product categories including Automotive, Entertainment,…
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