NEW YORK – Rogers Communications founder and CEO Ted Rogers celebrated a decade of being listed on the New York Stock Exchange by ringing the bell to start the day’s trading on Thursday morning.
Pictured are Rogers’ soon-to-be CFO Bill Linton, vice-chairman Phil Lind, John Thain, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, Rogers, CFO Alan Horn and vice-president investor relations, Bruce Mann.
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TORONTO – This year, the Crystal Platinum Award went to outstanding creative that makes the listener rethink views about a very familiar brand.
The Radio Marketing Bureau, at lunch Thursday during Canadian Music Week, presented the Platinum Award to Pirate Radio & Television and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for an engaging, entertaining, effective campaign that shows us just how much fun great radio can be. The three spots – Old Bill, Boring Maurice and Rich Joanne – win the Best in Show $10,000 grand prize.
Twenty-five trophies were awarded to exceptional work in nine categories at the Fairmont Royal…
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TORONTO – Look for Alliance Atlantis to begin making some serious moves into alternative distribution of its shows with its newest hire. Claude Galipeau (left) was announced today as senior vice-president digital media, content group at the broadcaster today. Galipeau’s appointment will be effective at the end of March.
He will oversee the development and implementation of the digital media strategy for Alliance Atlantis. He brings a wealth of experience to the company, most recently as the executive director, digital programming and business development for the CBC. He was the one behind getting the 2006 Winter Olympics…
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TORONTO – OPP Sgt. Cam Wooley is the go-to-guy when it comes to traffic and highway safety in Southern Ontario.
When the cops do their regular blitzes, Wooley (right) is the voice heard on radio and seen on TV describing the trucks held together with hope and duct tape or the guy doing 150 while eating, talking on the phone and using his foot to steer.
So it seemed like a neat idea when Corus Radio’s Toronto cluster (640 Toronto, Q107, The Edge) made him their new traffic reporter in January.
Not so much, though, for…
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MONTREAL – If cable companies continue on their current path of rapid voice coverage, they should be able to capture in excess of 40% of all voice access lines by year-end 2010, at more than 5 million lines, says a report being released today by Lemay-Yates & Associates.
In contrast, the ILECs stand to shed in the range of 10% of their access lines per year over the period.
The report is entitled “LYA Canadian Consumer Telecom & Cable TV Market Forecasts 2006” and takes a deep look at all the market segments including fixed voice communications, subscription TV,…
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OTTAWA – On Monday afternoon, the CRTC released its much-anticipated digital migration framework – the set of rules by which analog pay and specialty services will move into an all-digital distribution mode.
And at first blush, broadcasters and at least one cable company both actually say they like it.
The 13,000-plus word document follows some of the model set out by Rogers Communications and a group of major broadcasters, which www.cartt.ca first reported on in May.
"We haven’t done a full analysis on it yet, but it looks like a very positive step in terms of striking a balance…
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TORONTO – Contestants on MuchMusic VJ Search: The Series are now outfitted with MuchMusic Edition Pay-As-You-Go phones from Rogers Wireless and Sony Ericsson W600i Walkman phones.
The handsets are being integrated into the series and are playing a role in the challenges and in capturing exclusive behind-the-scenes content, thanks to a deal announced Monday by CHUM Television and Rogers Wireless.
“We have developed a great relationship with Rogers having worked together on a number of previous projects. Their involvement with VJ Search was a natural fit and we are excited to have them on board,” said Susan Arthur, director…
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WHISTLER, B.C, – There was precious little new information doled out today by some of the participants at RBC Capital Markets annual telecom and media conference in the B.C. ski town.
However, one key parallel was drawn during the afternoon session featuring Shaw Communications president Peter Bissonnette, Rogers Cable president Edward Rogers, Bell Canada’s consumer solutions president Kevin Crull and Bell Nordiq CEO Roch Dubé.
When talking about the potential for cable telephony market penetration, Rogers said that a 15% to 20% local market share gain by cable companies was probably too conservative when saying it could be done…
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HALIFAX – Aliant today launched its high-speed wireless service in Halifax. The new service will provide Aliant’s wireless customers access to wireless data speeds of up to 2.4 Mbps – and new and enhanced applications on their wireless devices.
Customers in the Halifax area will be the first to experience new wireless data speeds – five times faster than what is currently available. Customers will be able to access information on their wireless device – notebook computer, PDA, or cell phone – "at speeds close to those of their home broadband connection," claims the release.
Streaming video and TV…
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MONTREAL – On Monday, Radio Energie listeners will have another way to listen to François Pérusse’s minute du peuple – on their Rogers Wireless phones.
Starting February 20th, the Astral Media stations will celebrate the 15-year career and 10 000th minute du peuple from Pérusse by letting fans download the morning sketch onto their cell phones, whenever they want. The content is exclusive to Rogers.
"I am very happy to be in people’s phones…I just hope I won’t end up in their vacuum cleaners!" said Pérusse in the press release.
On Monday, during the morning show, C’t’encore drôle, on…
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