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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WHEN PEOPLE FIND OUT I AM the president of Babytel, an independent provider of high-speed Internet phone service, the first question I get is about our name, (most love it), followed closely by “how in the world can you compete against the big guys?”
How we compete is quite simple: we are finding unique opportunities, such as being the VOIP backbone for partners like independent cable companies and ISPs, and we are selling to niche markets like Asian and African communities in Canada.
(I will refer the genesis of our name to later.)
There is incredible opportunity. VOIP opens…
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TORONTO – Contractor Cancable Inc. announced this week it has signed a Master Installation and Service Agreement using Rogers FSMS technology with Rogers Cable
The agreement covers the period from September 1, 2005 until August 31, 2008. The agreement outlines the terms and conditions under which Cancable will continue to provide its services to Rogers Cable. "We continue to see strong demand for Cancable’s services within the broadband services deployment sector and being able to execute this contract with Rogers Cable and strengthen the long term relationship is a significant milestone for Cancable Inc. and CVAS," said Sayan Navaratnam,…
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DESPITE THE IMMINENT SHUTDOWN of the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association, a move which will cost 26 jobs, Canada’s smaller independent operators have already decided they must have a continuing presence in Ottawa.
As reported first by www.cartt.ca early Friday afternoon, Rogers Cable, the largest remaining member of the CCTA, decided to rescind its support of the association, effectively killing it – even though no other member wanted to pull the plug. Even Rogers didn’t really want to do it.
However, no CCTA member is blaming Rogers for the demise of the 50-plus year-old association. Indeed, the CCTA’s board of…
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MONTREAL – Subscribers to Videotron’s illico digital cable are able to access Olympic coverage from Radio-Canada, the French-language network of the CBC, via video on demand.
Under an agreement announced Friday, over 160 hours of programming will be available free of charge and without commercial interruption on VOD throughout the 2006 Winter Games in Torino.
Illico customers will be able to go to channel 900 to watch the competitions and the opening and closing ceremonies 24 hours after they are broadcast on Radio-Canada, which is the same as what Rogers is getting from CBC in its territories.
“We are…
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BARCELONA – Tests of its next-generation voice and data network will wrap up early, as in next month, Rogers Wireless said today, so that it can do a commercial launch this fall.
At the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Rogers said its High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) will make Rogers the fastest mobile wireless data network in Canada. It will also be among the first wireless carriers in the world to deploy this latest generation of GSM technology, the dominant world-wide standard for mobile wireless communications.
About 80% of the world’s wireless operators use GSM while the rest,…
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