By Ahmad Hathout
TORONTO – CRTC chairman Ian Scott (above) said Monday the contested acquisition of 5G spectrum licenses by Quebecor’s Videotron in Western Canada is an example of what the regulator envisioned when it made the decision to allow regional competitors to force negotiations for wireless network space from the larger providers.
The regulator’s April decision allows regional carriers to negotiate access to the wireless facilities of the incumbents – Rogers, Bell, Telus and Sasktel – as long as they have spectrum and network facilities in the area they want to provide mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service….
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications announced today it has awarded Ted Rogers Community Grants to 90 Canadian organizations across 40 communities that provide critical support programs in education, skills training, mentorship, job skills and community leadership to help young people achieve their highest potential.
“With more funding across more communities this year than ever before, Rogers is proud to have awarded nearly 400 Ted Rogers Community Grants since launching the program in 2017,” a press release reads.
Rogers has expanded its grant criteria to include funding for programs that support older youth in their 20s who faced educational and employment challenges due to…
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TORONTO — FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, and Rogers Sports and Media’s Sportsnet announced today a new long-term broadcast rights agreement that will see Sportsnet as the exclusive broadcaster for FIBA events in Canada through to fall 2025.
“This is great news for basketball fans in Canada,” said FIBA media and marketing services director general Frank Leenders, in a press release. “The passion for the sport in this part of the world is evident and this partnership with Sportsnet allows for the creation of new synergies and increased levels of commitment which will provide fans with unprecedented coverage and access…
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TORONTO — Mediapro Canada announced today OneSoccer, its dedicated soccer streaming service, will undertake its largest-ever production of a live sports event in Canada tomorrow for the Canadian men’s national soccer team’s FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Mexico at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.
OneSoccer is producing coverage of the match, part of the Concacaf Final Round of FIFA World Cup Qatar Qualifiers, for broadcasters in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, as well as multiple rights-holders worldwide.
According to a press release, nearly 100 technical and production crew members, working across three outside broadcast trucks at the stadium, will produce live…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC has officially denied the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and National Pensioners Federation’s (PIAC-NPF) procedural request to delay the hearing into the broadcast side of the deal between Rogers and Shaw.
PIAC-NPF had requested the hearing be delayed because of uncertainty around who was on the company’s board of directors, which arose when Edward Rogers, as chair of the Rogers Control Trust, decided to change five directors by written resolution – a move the company said was not valid. The matter ended up in front of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
In letters sent…
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VANCOUVER – Rogers Group of Funds and Creative BC today announced plans for a $1 million fund to support Indigenous creators in British Columbia.
The purpose of the fund is to “help increase access and representation for Indigenous producers and Indigenous-led production companies in B.C.’s domestic motion picture industry,” a press release says.
By doing so, “it is to contribute to strong foundations that can serve to help correct the systemic and historic underrepresentation of Indigenous stories and storytellers in Canada’s screen sector.”
The fund’s first program, a collaborative partnership with the Indigenous Screen Office, opens today. It delivers “a top-up to…
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TORONTO – Change is in the air at Rogers Sports and Media’s Sportsnet.
In the span of about a month the network relaunched its Sportsnet Now app, launched a new multiplatform audio content strategy, debuted a new interactive studio (above) and hired an executive producer of sports betting content.
“Our mission really is to serve the fan and allow them to consume the content they want when and where they want,” said Sportsnet president, Bart Yabsley in an interview with Cartt.ca. “That’s a complicated question in today’s world, and that’s why we’re making the changes we want to…
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COAST SALISH TERRITORY, VANCOUVER — B.C.’s Coastal First Nations (CFN) and Rogers Communications announced today a partnership agreement to support the growth of a conservation-based economy through improved connectivity for underserved, rural and Indigenous communities, as well as to advance CFN’s environmental stewardship work through technology and academic research.
The partnership includes several initiatives that will be announced between today and into 2022, says a press release.
One of the first initiatives will see Rogers build five new cell towers to provide more than 100 kilometres of new service coverage along Highway 16 from Masset through Port Clements to Queen Charlotte,…
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WINNIPEG — Rogers Communications announced today it has expanded its personalized mobile retail experience Rogers Pro On-the-Go to Winnipeg, marking the first time the service has been available to customers in Manitoba.
Rogers Pro On-the-Go offers “personalized one-to-one support and phone delivery to Rogers wireless subscribers as soon as the same day, at no extra cost,” reads a press release.
As part of the service, the Rogers Pro “will hand-deliver the device and guide customers step by step on how to set it up, while also helping to transfer applications, contacts and photos, and set up email, all based on their…
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TORONTO — Athlete empowerment brand Uninterrupted Canada in partnership with Crossover Films and Bell Media announced today the production of a full-length original documentary feature titled The Grizzlie Truth.
The documentary “explores the mysterious departure of the Vancouver Grizzlies NBA franchise through the eyes of director and superfan Kathleen S. Jayme (above, centre). Her search, 25 years after the team left, explores the unique and remarkable untold story behind the franchise’s downfall and the impact it had on the community,” reads a synopsis in a press release.
Production and principal photography are currently underway on the film. A theatrical debut with Photon…
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