CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Speed Channel today announced the completion of a new multiyear affiliate agreement for the distribution of Speed Channel on Rogers Cable systems in Canada.
The agreement also contains access to Speed’s video on demand service, offering 20 hours of programming that will include NASCAR TV On Demand’s 24-hour turnaround of post race analysis and an event highlight package, as well as Speed events and original programming.
“Canadian distribution is very important to Speed. Not only are some of our top shows produced in Canada but the fans are very passionate about their racing,” said Kevin Annison,…
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TORONTO – Ted Rogers’ Muskoka cottage took centre stage today at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
His place on Lake Rosseau, about two hours north of Toronto, was tied into the conference using a WiMax-enabled Internet feed. WiMax allows users to wirelessly access broadband Internet. The WiMax connection was established using Redline Communications’ RedMAX equipment, which incorporates the Intel PRO/Wireless 5116 WiMax modem silicon.
The developer forum is a gathering of over 4,000 technology professionals representing 1,400 companies. The WiMax presentation was led by Sean Maloney, executive vice-president and general manager of Intel Corporation’s Mobility Group.
"Wireless…
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OTTAWA – A number of Canada’s leading information technology companies (Rogers and Bell, for example) have united to urge the government to modernize the Telecommunications Act in order to promote the government’s entire agenda of competition, investment and commercialization.
The urging comes in a submission to the federal government’s Telecom Policy Review (TRP) delivered by the CATA-CAIP TelecomACT Working Group, a high-level panel drawn from the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP), and its parent organization, the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA). Industry members included: MTS Allstream, Bell, Ericsson, MCI, Nakina Systems, Rogers, Telesat, Telus, Eagle.ca, AOL, Orbit.com, NetIdea.,…
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ST. JOHN’s, Nfld. – Rogers Cable announced the addition of a number of new high definition channels to its digital cable lineup in Newfoundland.
The company has a total of 10 HDTV channels in St. John’s and eight channels in Corner Brook, Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor.
Rogers customers with HD televisions can enjoy these new channels with an HDTV digital terminal which is priced at $12.95 per month or it can be purchased for $299.
In St. John’s, the new HDTV channels are FOX Detroit, channel 261; ABC Detroit, channel 269; CBS Seattle, channel 270; NBC Seattle, channel 271….
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SAINT JOHN – Aliant recently announced two new initiatives in partnership with the Aliant Pioneer Volunteers to make back-to-school easier for children in need.
The BCE-owned eastern telco (serving New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland & Labrador) will make a $10 donation from every sale made under the Personal Computer (PC) Purchase Program and buy all backpacks for the Pioneer’s Backpacks for Kids program.
Also, to provide an opportunity for the general public to contribute, Aliant has organized a school supply drive across Atlantic Canada through its dealer locations. The Backpacks for Kids program provides backpacks…
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OTTAWA – Newly re-branded A-Channel Ottawa will air 20 Ottawa Senators games this National Hockey League season anniounced the hockey club and the station today.
2005-06 season schedule will see the CHUM channel air all 19 of the club’s Thursday evening games.
The 20-game package marks the fifth consecutive season the Senators are back with the station, which changed identification from The New RO to A-Channel this month.
Of the schedule, 13 games are home games from the Corel Centre. In addition, Rogers Sportsnet will simulcast a majority of A-Channel games in their East region, enabling those outside A-Channel’s…
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MONTREAL – Videotron is adding telephony customers as fast as it can keep up and the company announced today that it is rolling out its residential cable telephone service in Montreal.
Consumer response to Videotron’s new product has been strong and as of August 12, six months after the service was launched, more than 62,500 customers in Laval, the South Shore, the West Island and the Quebec City area had made the switch.
Those numbers make Videotron the leader among telecom companies in Canada that provide telephone service via IP (Internet Protocol) technology, but early reports out of Shaw,…
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LIVING IN THE BIG CITIES, it’s easy to forget – or to never think about – what it’s like in smaller, more remote communities.
A few months ago, I mentioned to a small operator how a far larger MSO still had some substantial 330 MHz and 450 MHz cable systems remaining to rebuild (with just a little mocking disdain in my voice). His response was a little bit sarcastic, wondering what’s wrong with systems like that, since much of his programming and data was still being delivered over such plant to presumably happy customers.
It cleared my head and…
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EDMONTON – According to the Telecommunication Workers Union (TWU) and the B.C. and Alberta Federations of Labour, four Calgary radio stations refuse to run radio spots in support of locked-out Telus workers. The radio campaign calls on customers to disconnect from Telus.
The 30-second radio spots, which start today, will run four-to-five times daily in Edmonton, Fort McMurray and throughout B.C. It’s considered a “heavy rotation,” notes Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) President Gil McGowan, of the three week campaign, with a substantial budget of over $250,000 ($120,000 going for Alberta placement).
The four radio stations allegedly refusing to…
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GATINEAU – Should access to the inside wiring of commercial or institutional buildings be expanded? The Commission wants to hear about it.
Responding to a complaint from Bell ExpressVu that Rogers Cable was keeping the satellite company out of hospitals, nursing homes, hotels and other buildings the cableco wired, the CRTC Monday issued a call for comments on “possible regulatory amendments that would expand competitive access to inside wire,” said the Commission.
ExpressVu said section 10 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations covers properties of the type mentioned above and if not, they should be.
No way, says Rogers. The MSO said…
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