VANCOUVER — Rogers is partnering with women’s shelters across British Columbia to provide phones with free voice and data plans to help vulnerable women during the Covid-19 health crisis, the company announced today.
Domestic abuse rates have reportedly increased during the pandemic, with at-risk communities including women and children facing the reality of being at home with an abusive family member, says the news release.
“With a deep commitment to serve the communities where we live and work, Rogers is committed to finding ways to help provide an essential digital lifeline and critical supports for British Columbians who need it…
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TORONTO – Canadians helped Rogers Sports & Media celebrate International Nurses Day by raising awareness and funds, to the tune of $1 million, for Canada’s healthcare workers as they continue to keep us safe in the fight against Covid-19.
Limited-edition Hearts and Smiles t-shirts and masks have been purchased by Canadians in record numbers (and they’re still for sale), with proceeds going to The Frontline Fund. The four-day promotional blitz last week leveraged the company’s sports and media outlets, its hosts (the photo above is of Sportsnet’s Martine Gaillard, borrowed from her Instagram) and its partners, athletes, and celebrity friends.
“I…
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TORONTO — Tuesday is International Nurses Day and in recognition of Canada’s frontline healthcare workers, Rogers Sports and Media is launching what it’s calling the Hearts and Smiles national campaign to benefit The Frontline Fund through the online sale of Hearts and Smiles T-shirts and masks.
“The bravery, resilience and dedication exhibited by nurses, doctors, hospital administrators, paramedics, PSWs, and the entire frontline healthcare community has been nothing short of heroic,” said Jordan Banks, president of Rogers Sports and Media, in the news release. “It’s both an honour and a privilege to use our sports and media megaphone to…
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By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – In the middle of March, Rogers Communications was asked to prepare a document by Innovation, Science and Economic Development that floated ideas for how governments could potentially help enhance network capacity if needed, including mobilizing temporary wireless sites, fast-tracking permit applications and allowing access to rights-of-way for emergency fibre installs.
The example measures, obtained by Cartt.ca through an access to information request, was in response to one of several questions asked of Canadian telecommunications companies by the federal department in the event the virus strained networks – and before the full effect of what the virus…
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TORONTO – Rogers Cable announced today interactive music video streaming app Xite, is now available on Ignite TV.
It joins other Ignite apps including Netflix, Prime Video, Tubi and hayu. “Xite is the first music video streaming app on Ignite TV and the first in a stream of music apps coming to the service,” said Eric Bruno, Rogers’ SVP, 5G, content and connected home, in the press release.
Ignite TV customers can explore hours of music across Xite’s library of music videos including some of today’s most popular artists, old favourites from decades past or one-hit wonders that stand the test…
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TORONTO — In an effort to encourage Torontonians to stay home and help stop the spread of Covid-19, the city of Toronto is letting residents enjoy High Park’s cherry blossom bloom virtually with help from Rogers.
The city has decided to close High Park as of April 30 to discourage people from gathering in person to view the blossoming Sakura (cherry blossom) trees. Every year at this time, tens of thousands of people visit High Park to enjoy the cherry blossoms, which typically bloom from late April into early May and last between four to 10 days, depending on the…
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TORONTO — Although nobody will be shaking hands at customers’ doors due to Covid-19, Rogers Communications announced Tuesday it has expanded its personalized retail service Pro On-the-Go into parts of Southwestern Ontario and is moving to all-contactless phone delivery and set-up.
The service is now available to customers in Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Brantford and Cambridge, among many other locations in Southwestern Ontario and the Golden Horseshoe (see the expanded coverage area above).
With Rogers Pro On-the-Go, customers can get a new phone within hours of ordering and expert support to set it up, at no extra cost. However, to keep customers…
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WHAT THE EORN MEDIA RELEASE this week omits is that, to the best of my knowledge, mobile operators require spectrum to provide service – and virtually all mobile spectrum in Eastern Ontario was bought at auction years ago by Rogers and Bell.
So, these two large companies are apparently the only two entities that have the spectrum and infrastructure to fulfill EORN’s objectives. Other mobile operators will, sometime in the future, be able to use their networks by paying roaming fees to Bell and Rogers.
Not a bad business plan for the two giant corporations.
My guess is that with this…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications today was the first Canadian telecom company to release quarterly results which at least partly reflect the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, which of course has taken a toll.
However, the company used the release of its results, as well as the conference call with financial analysts, its long-planned (and of course, virtual), annual general meeting, as well as an open letter to customers and shareholders to remind everyone that meeting the usual financial metrics are taking a back seat to what the company and industry are doing to help Canadians through the…
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TORONTO — Rogers Ignite TV customers can now access NBCUniversal’s hayu all-reality subscription video-on-demand service directly via the new hayu app on their Ignite TV box.
The addition of the hayu service to Rogers Ignite TV’s offering was announced Tuesday. Rogers is hayu’s first cable partner in Eastern Canada.
Until May 21, Ignite TV customers who sign up for hayu will receive the first two months free, according to the news release. Subscribers will have access to hayu’s full catalogue of more than 7,000 episodes of reality TV programming, including 250 reality series and a back catalogue of box sets. Shows…
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