TORONTO – Popular sportscaster Jody Vance has left Rogers Sportsnet.
The well-known, bespectacled 6 p.m. Sportsnetnews co-anchor (with Jim Van Horne) recently asked out of her contract early and her last public appearance for the sports channel was on Sunday.
“Jody went to (management) recently to ask out of her contract early and her request was granted” said Sportsnet spokesman Dave Rashford. The move was on her mind for some time, Vance (right) told www.cartt.ca this afternoon. “I’m really up for a change,” she said. “I received a couple of offers over the past few years…
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Yahoo! Inc. announced content deals with both CNN and ABC News today.
Both news organizations will provide daily video news feeds to Yahoo! News beginning September 2005, says the press release. CNN.com will offer extensive video clips daily and ABC News will offer a robust package of on demand video content. All of the video will be available for free to Yahoo! users, and will be advertising-supported.
The video from both ABC News and CNN.com will be integrated throughout Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com), including on its front page, within story pages, and in other special sections…
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I WAS A UNION MEMBER TWICE: For several summers as a labourer installing gas pipeline in Northern Ontario and for a four month stint as a part-time Bookmobile driver and librarian in Guelph, Ont.
I lived for a few years in Sault Ste. Marie and saw what the Steelworkers have had to go through there with Algoma Steel. I lived in Windsor for three years and the Canadian Auto Workers union was always front and centre.
I say all this to illustrate that I think I have a bit of a grasp on what the union/corporation relationship can be….
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OTTAWA – With 2005 results already rolling in and showing strong radio performance among publicly traded private broadcasters, Statistics Canada today released its compiled 2004 figures.
Click on the links to check out the ’05 performances of Corus, CHUM, Astral, Rogers and Newcap.
However, back in ’04, the air time sales of commercial radio broadcasters increased 3.3% to $1.2 billion in the broadcast year, ended August 31, 2004, that’s off the pace set in 2003 which saw a growth rate of 8.4%.
For the first time since 1999-2000, the advertising revenue of radio broadcasters grew at a…
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TORONTO – Deep within the Rogers Communications second quarter results is the performance of the company’s media division.
That division includes the company’s TV properties (OMNI, Sportsnet, etc), radio stations (46 in all), magazine group (Maclean’s, Flare, etc.), the Toronto Blue Jays and the Rogers Centre (formerly SkyDome). It also includes one month’s performance of NOWTV in Vancouver, which Rogers completed the purchase of on June 1st.
Revenue growth in the second quarter, ended June 30th, for the media division was 27.1% over the corresponding period last year to $293.4 million. The increase was mainly due to the…
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PHILADELPHIA – While CTAM Canada put together a fun night for programmers and distributors on Sunday evening here in Philadelphia (see photos below this story), CTAM Summit attendees on Monday morning were shown that the programmer-distributor relationship can be as contentious as ever when we start talking about high definition.
During the “Monetizing Advanced Video Services” session, Time Warner Cable’s SVP programming Lynne Costantini, Showtime Networks’ SVP marketing Geof Rochester and Channing Dawson, SVP emerging media at Scripps Networks (Food Network, HGTV, Fine Living, DIY Network) argued about who should pay for HDTV.
When Dawson complained about the high…
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IT’S FAIR TO SAY THAT as a young librarian in Winnipeg that there was no way Phyllis Yaffe could envision a career path that would take her to the top of one of Canada’s largest TV companies.
She grew into larger roles, as librarian at Seneca College in the 1970s to executive director for the Association of Canadian Publishers, vice-president of marketing at kids magazine Owl and then in the ’80s she was elected to the board of the foundation to underwrite new drama for pay TV (now the Harold Greenberg Fund) and was chair when she left in 1993…
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TORONTO – Operating revenue increased 29% for the quarter ended June 30th at Rogers Communications Inc., with all three operating companies contributing to the year-over-year growth, including 47% growth at Wireless, 5.3% growth at Cable and 27.1% growth at Media.
Consolidated quarterly operating profit grew 26.9% year-over-year, with 47.6% growth at Wireless (to $364.8 million compared to June 30 2004) and 13.9% growth at Media (to $44.2 million), offset by a 1% decline at Cable (to $171.6 million). The company passed the one million high speed Internet subscriber mark during the quarter.
Wireless ended the quarter with a total…
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HALIFAX – EastLink announced today it will be official communications provider and offer exclusive event coverage as part of a sponsorship deal with the Atlantic Film Festival, September 15-24 in the Nova Scotia city.
EastLink will support the festival through its high speed Internet service, local telephone and cable services. It’s also a first in that the partnership will see EastLink Television – with the support of its employees and volunteers – provide exclusive programming and live coverage of the event. This will include interviews with major stars, directors and festival organizers; live coverage of red-carpet Galas, including the…
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TORONTO – Rogers Cable today announced the addition of the Super Trio Italiano package to its digital lineup.
The Super Trio Italiano package consists of Video Italia, Leonardo World, SKY TG 24. All are from Telelatino and were launched by Videotron in Montreal and Gatineau earlier this summer.
With the launch of these three new channels, Italian Canadians can now watch more Italian programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
"We are thrilled that the Super Trio Italiano is now also available to Roger Cable customers in Ontario and we are proud to bring to Canada new premium…
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