THERE IS SO MUCH on the docket for lawyers working the telecom file in Canada these days, it’s almost hard to keep track.
The CRTC begins its hearings into forbearance from regulating the local phone market on September 26th (same week as Cable Week) while at the same time Industry Canada is deep into its Telecom Policy Review. Then there’s the Federal Court appeal of the CRTC’s telecom win-back rules and the ILECs’ VOIP decision appeal to cabinet, among other things.
So how will a coherent national telecom policy be developed from this muddle of related…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media is making its presence felt in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia as it readies for the launch of three new radio stations next month.
The company has been causing ripples in the markets as several talented people have chosen to join the company from other broadcasters already established in places like Halifax, Saint John and Moncton. However, no names have been confirmed as yet.
However, Rogers did announce today the location of their new radio stations in Moncton, Saint John and Halifax. The company was awarded the licences for the three new FM stations by…
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TORONTO – Standard Broadcasting has hired interactive veteran Rob Bolton to the position of national content director for Standard Interactive, the company announced today.
Bolton has over a decade of experience in the music industry creating unique and exclusive entertainment content for the likes of Sympatico, Yahoo!, Rogers, and others. A pioneer in online radio and webcasting, Bolton was instrumental in the growth of Standard’s Iceberg Radio and Virtue Broadcasting – early adopters of audio and video streaming technologies.
He recently returned from London, U.K., where he acted as a corporate communications and streaming media consultant to BT (British…
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WE HOPE READERS HAVE ENJOYED the four-month free preview of www.cartt.ca. We do our best to cover the vital issues that affect executives, managers and employees of companies of all sizes in the cable, radio, television and telecom trade.
Since our May 2nd launch, we’ve delivered original journalism – breaking news, feature stories, interviews and viewpoints – important to the domestic industry. In fact, since launch, www.cartt.ca has published almost 800 stories which have appeared in our twice-weekly newsletters that hit in-boxes promptly at 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That’s more than nine per business day, and includes many…
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EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers have announced their 2005-2006 TV schedule, which will see all but four of the 82 regular season hockey games televised.
Fifty of the 78 broadcast games will be on Rogers Sportsnet West, with 12 games on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, 10 exclusively available on pay-per view, and six on TSN.
The pay-per-view games will be available to customers of Bell ExpressVu, Star Choice, and Shaw digital cable. The first Oilers pay-per-view special will air Nov. 3, when Edmonton visits Detroit. Pricing will be announced later.
The Oilers’ home opener is Oct. 5 against…
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TORONTO – Rogers Cable digital subscribers in Ontario can now watch Sony Entertainment Asia (SET Asia) as part of the multicultural offerings.
Rogers has added SET Asia, a 24-hour Hindi-language channel airing family dramas, game shows, live concerts, talk shows, lifestyle programs, and thrillers. SET Asia is seen in more than 40 million households throughout India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the Middle East.
The offering brings to 32 the number of multicultural channels that Rogers offers.
“Rogers continually strives to bring the most multicultural programming to its customers,” says David Purdy, Vice-President and General Manager, Television for Rogers…
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WHILE WE CAN’T SAY for sure that Compton Communications will be the smallest North American video on demand provider when it launches this fall, we figure it’s pretty unlikely that many other 5,000-customer cable companies in Canada or the U.S. are planning on offering it that soon.
It’s a very expensive technology, fraught with difficult to solve issues, especially for a small operator. Think Paramount’s EVP of programming will have Compton’s VOD launch on his priority list, for example?
Compton Cable (which serves the Port Perry, Ont. region, about an hour’s drive northeast of Toronto, on Lake Scugog) has…
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TORONTO – Over the summer, employees of Rogers Cable in Toronto have been collecting school supplies for needy kids. Tomorrow, they’ll donate them to the Daily Bread Food Bank.
Kids heading back to school in just a few days will be able to get new supplies such as calculators, backpacks, notebooks, pens, pencils, and rulers, thanks to the Rogers School Supply Drive.
On hand to deliver the supplies tomorrow will be Carol Ring, Regional President, Rogers Cable GTA, and Rogers Cable employee volunteers.
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TORONTO – With low ratings at SUN TV and newspaper readership sliding at The Toronto Sun, owner Quebecor Media is betting that converging the two – and adding more content and high profile personalities – will revive both brands.
As part of a major corporate release today, which included an announcement on consolidating the company’s Ontario printing division, SUN TV (formerly Toronto 1) The Toronto Sun, Canoe.ca and commuter freebie newspaper 24 hours will converge, “into a cross-pollination of news, entertainment, sports and community will be an exciting meeting of styles and formats,” says…
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TORONTO – Look forward to seeing every grain of sand in the bunkers – not to mention every drop of sweat rolling down John Daly’s thick neck – as TSN and CTV will show every minute of the Bell Canadian Open golf tournament in high definition.
The Bell Globemedia TV channels today announced live coverage of the first two rounds will air September 8 and 9 beginning at 1 p.m. ET on TSN and TSN HD. The third and final rounds on September 10 and 11 will be seen live on TSN and TSN HD from 1 p.m. to…
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