TORONTO – Rogers Sports and Media’s OMNI Television and Longhope Media Inc. announced today production has started on Abroad, a new satirical sketch comedy series in English and Tagalog.
The series, which features 12, 30-minute episodes, was co-created by and stars Isabel Kanaan (above; Second Jen, Air Farce NYE, This Hour Has 22 Minutes), a Filipina comedian. It is based on her “experience as an immigrant with her comedic perspective,” a press release says.
“Isabel moved to Canada from the Philippines when she was 16 and spent her teenage years learning how to navigate culture shock, language barriers, and – brrrr! – Canadian…
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LUDLOW, NB – Rogers Communications announced today it is expanding its fibre network to connect 366 homes and businesses in Ludlow, New Brunswick.
This is a $1.3 million investment to expand Rogers’s fibre network by 60 kilometres, which “will bring Rogers leading services to the community, including Rogers Ignite Internet with up to 1.5 gigabit speed and Ignite TV, Rogers revolutionary TV service,” a press release reads.
“Today’s announcement builds on our commitment to expand our fibre in communities throughout the Miramichi region and offer local residents and business owners reliable, high-speed internet,” said Matt MacLellan, president of the Atlantic region…
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GATINEAU – More concerns about Rogers Communications’s proposed acquisition of Shaw Communications were shared with the CRTC during day three of the hearing, Wednesday.
While the day’s presentations showed the deal definitely has its supporters, it also highlighted the many concerns there are about the consequences of the deal in its current form on the Canadian broadcasting system generally, and on independent broadcasters and consumers specifically.
TLN Media Group Inc. and Ethnic Channels Group Limited, who presented together to highlight issues specific to Canadian ethnic independents, told the Commission that despite their opposition to the deal in their written submission, they…
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HAMILTON, Ont. – Rogers Communications acquired Clearable, a telecommunications technical consulting firm based in Hamilton, Ont., this past September.
Clearcable helps “enable appropriate technology and services for advanced communications by augmenting the existing or building the internal operations for its service provider client base,” according to the company’s website.
The company continues to operate as did before its acquisition by Rogers.
“Since 2004, Clearcable has and continues to focus on promoting, delivering, and supporting broadband connectivity in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities of all sizes,” said Rob McCann, founder of Clearcable, in an emailed statement to Cartt.ca.
“The pandemic has shed light on…
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Telecoms have said this would impact the value of the 5G frequencies
By Ahmad Hathout
Innovation Canada said last week it will stick with its proposal to place restrictions on the use of the 3.5 GHz spectrum in areas surrounding 26 major airports, which some of Canada’s telecoms want to deploy 5G wireless networks.
The exclusion areas are intended to prevent interference with aircraft altimeters, which use radio signals to guide the airplane to the runway.
The large telecoms, including Bell, Rogers and Telus, said Innovation Canada did not indicate before the 3.5 GHz auction in June that the department would prevent…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC heard how the approval of Rogers Communications to acquire Shaw Communications’ broadcast assets will impact other organizations in Canada’s broadcast system on Tuesday during the second day of the Commission’s hearing into the matter.
“While the merger makes sense for Rogers and Shaw for their future, it has the unintended consequence of potentially all but destroying the independent broadcasting sector,” said Brad Danks, CEO of OUTtv and OMG Media Group, who participated virtually at the hearing as part of a panel (pictured above) representing Independent Broadcasters Group (IBG).
Danks argued if the deal goes through, Rogers will…
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Commission asks Rogers to further consider proposals from interveners
By Amanda OYE
GATINEAU – Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications extolled the virtue of their proposed merger on the first day of the week-long CRTC hearing into the broadcasting side of the deal while Commission panel members grilled them on safeguards and the public interest.
“Joining forces with Rogers not only makes sense for Shaw, it makes sense for Canada,” Brad Shaw, executive chair and CEO of Shaw Communications told the Commission. “Combining the complementary assets of our two companies allows Rogers and Shaw to invest so much more than the sum of…
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By Denis Carmel
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court earlier this month opened a file from TekSavvy in which the Internet service provider (ISP) asks for leave to appeal a Federal Court of Appeal ruling on site-blocking.
In a May 2021 decision, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA), ruled the Federal Court has the authority to order ISPs to block sites that are infringing on the rights of content creators by disseminating their content online without permission.
When the Federal Court issued the order in November 2020, it was the first time such a remedy was used and TekSavvy, a “pure” ISP…
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VANCOUVER — In response to the state of emergency in British Columbia due to recent flooding, Rogers Communications announced last week it is donating $1 million to B.C. Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) through a new multi-year partnership.
The donation will provide “immediate and long-term support to critical search and rescue services in B.C.,” reads a Rogers press release issued last Friday.
It will also support BCSARA’s legacy fund as well as “new technology and specialized equipment for the 79 local teams and 3,000 professional volunteers, all of whom have been called upon to conduct air, swift water, and marine rescues…
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MCQUADE, NB – Rogers Communications announced today it is investing $1.5 million to connect 320 homes and businesses along Route 490, near McQuade, New Brunswick to high-speed Internet.
This will involve expanding Rogers’s fibre network across 30 kms. The company expects construction to be finished by the end of next year.
“Once completed, residents and businesses will have access to the full suite of services including Rogers Ignite Internet with speeds of up to 1.5 gigabit per second and Rogers leading IPTV service, Ignite TV,” a press release says.
“Rogers network investments, which have exceeded $60 billion over the past three decades,…
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