TORONTO – Portuguese language channel TV Globo Internacional has been added to the Ontario channel lineups for Rogers Digital Cable customers.
TV Globo Internacional brings Portuguese programming from Brazil such as news, sports, soap operas, comedy, children’s programs and musical shows and service.
"With the addition of TV Globo Internacional, Rogers continues to offer the most multicultural programming with broadcasts in 20 different languages on 44 multicultural channels," says the press release.
The free preview of TV Globo Internacional will end on March 31st, 2006. TV Globo Internacional can then be had for $14.95 a month or for $19.95…
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OTTAWA – Bragg Communications, the parent company of Halifax-based MSO EastLink, has appealed to the CRTC to expand what can be shown in the two minutes of ad time U.S. cable channels make available for local ads.
CRTC regulations currently say that cable companies may only promote their video or audio services within that avail time. Cablecos can claim 25% of the time and must give the rest up, at cost, to Canadian broadcasters to promote their channels. Channels like CNN and the Golf Channel make two minutes per hour available to its carriers to sell advertising, which is…
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Worldwide cable telephony service revenues rose from US$4.5 billion in 2004 to US$5.6 billion in 2005, and are projected to reach US$10 billion by 2009, reports American research firm In-Stat.
"The widening availability of VOIP-based cable telephony services has resulted in thousands of new cable telephony subscribers for operators like Time Warner Cable and Cablevision in the United States, Videotron and Shaw Communications in Canada, and Liberty Global in Europe," says the In-Stat release.
"The key attraction for cable operators is the cost advantage that VOIP offers in comparison with circuit-switched service," says Michael Paxton, In-Stat analyst….
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TORONTO – Revenue growth at Rogers media for the three months ended December 31, 2005 was $34 million, an increase of 12.8% over the fourth quarter of 2004.
Nearly half of the increase over the prior year is due to higher advertising on Rogers Sportsnet due to the return of NHL hockey, said the company’s fourth quarter release today. In addition, revenue from the Blue Jays and Rogers Centre grew $6.6 million over last year reflecting increased attendance and healthy league revenue sharing. The remaining growth over the prior year is due to increased advertising revenue across all Media…
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TORONTO – Thanks to integration expenses (of Microcell and Call-Net), Rogers Communications posted a loss of $66.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2005, ended December 31st..
While that’s a far larger quarterly loss than in Q4 2004, the wireless, cable, telecom, and media giant’s annual loss was 33.5% lower than last year at $44.6 million.
Revenue in the quarter was $2.12 billion, a 35.4% increase over the same period last year and operating profit was $513 million, a 14% jump. Revenue for the full year was $7.48 billion, a 33.4% increase while OP was $2.14 billion, a 23.6%…
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TORONTO – A story in today’s National Post which said Rogers Communications made a friendly, informal, $9.3 billion all-share offer to purchase Shaw Communications is wrong.
A terse two-sentence release put out by Rogers this morning says: "The purported meeting and offer described in the story did not occur."
Shortly after noon today, Shaw put out its own firm denial. "The Shaw Family has advised the company that it is not in discussions with any party to sell its controlling interest in the company. The purported meeting and offer described in the National Post story did not occur."
In…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications today filed a lawsuit with the Federal Court of Canada over Bell Mobility’s recent run of TV and print advertising Rogers says “crosses the line” and is damaging to its brand.
“Bell has run a series of ads over the past year, the most recent of which, we felt, were too much,” John Boynton, Rogers Communications senior vice-president and chief marketing officer told www.cartt.ca this afternoon. The most recent ad that he – and the lawsuit – points to is the TV spot about Bell Mobility’s wireless speed capabilities where the Bell cheetah eats the…
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TORONTO – Rogers Wireless customers now have access to more than 1,500 podcasts, covering a range of topics, thanks to a new arrangement announced this week by the wireless company and Melodeo.
The Rogers Podcast Service, North America’s first mobile podcast service, will feature news and sports, comedy and music. The catalogue of podcasts is updated throughout the day as new feeds are received, bringing fresh content to subscribers continually.
Rogers Podcast Service can be accessed on subscribers’ cell phones through the Rogers Wireless navigate mobile Internet portal, within the GET INFO category.
"Rogers Podcast Service allows our customers…
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THIS YEAR’S BANFF WORLD TELEVISION FESTIVAL, June 11-14, 2006 at the Fairmount Banff Springs in Banff, Alberta is about getting plugged into the industry.
From the opening day-long session led by Kit Readman and Micki Rogers on how to pitch an idea, to Rick Mercer’s town hall meeting on the landscape of Canadian television on the last day, the festival is all about getting in the know, getting known and well, getting a deal.
“The Festival provides unique opportunities to connect with the industry, create new business and help define future trends,” says the festival’s Director of Content Jennifer…
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OTTAWA – American radio host Don Imus earned a rebuke from the CRTC on Friday thanks to comments made during his show on MSNBC Canada in the fall of 2004.
MSNBC Canada no longer exists, however MSNBC is on the eligible satellite list and Imus in the Morning is MSNBC’s 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. morning program.
The CRTC says it received over 100 complaints about comments made on the November 12 and November 19, 2004 programs. Shaw, Rogers and MSNBC, which owned Canadian version of the channel, shut it down later that month for economic reasons.
Imus and his co-hosts…
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