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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PLANO, Tex. and TORONTO — Ericsson announced today Rogers Communications is the first North American service provider to join its Startup 5G program.
The program “is designed to help communications service providers (CSPs) accelerate the successful commercialization and monetization of 5G by introducing them to the right consumer innovation partners,” according to a press release. It “will also encourage 5G innovation transfer between start-ups and Rogers to create new business opportunities for both sides.”
Through the program, Rogers gains access to Ericsson’s ConsumerLab research, analytical data and worldwide network of 5G start-ups — “an exclusive list of companies developing scalable services,…
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Focus now on Shaw as company tells CRTC hearing must proceed as planned
TORONTO – Rogers Communications Inc. announced Sunday evening it will not seek an appeal of Friday’s British Columbia Supreme Court ruling, which settled the matter of who is actually on RCI’s board of directors. This would seem to put an end weeks of drama over who controls the company.
On Friday, Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick ruled in favour of Edward Rogers, chair of the Rogers Control Trust, who was seeking orders related to the board changes he made by written resolution in late October, which were…
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VANCOUVER – Changes made to the Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) board of directors by Edward Rogers are valid, a British Columbia Supreme Court judge ruled today.
Mr. Rogers removed and replaced five board members by written consent resolution in his capacity as chair of the Rogers Control Trust on Oct. 22, a move that RCI at the time declared to be “invalid”.
On Oct. 26, Mr. Rogers filed a petition with the Supreme Court of B.C. seeking, among other orders, a declaration the written consent resolution making changes to the board is valid.
Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick today granted Mr. Rogers the…
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By Denis Carmel
After having written what was more of a commentary than a story yesterday, let us now report on the content of the PIAC-FRPC Conference on C-10: The Legal Issues.
I believe it was a great success – 141 people registered and 70 stayed until the “bitter” end. This could become a yearly event to replace the National Conference on Communications Law and Policy convened by the Law Society of Upper Canada every two years.
After the technical Zoom issues were ironed out, the webinar began with a presentation by Konrad von Finckenstein, past president of the CRTC and commissioner…
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