TORONTO – It was an overflow house of hundreds of family, friends, politicians and Canadian business glitterati who gathered in Toronto’s St. James Cathedral on a grey, rainy Tuesday morning to pay their final respects to Ted Rogers, the founder of Rogers Communications and one of the leading lights of Canadian business.
Rogers died December 2nd of heart disease at the age of 75.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, former PM Brian Mulroney, Shaw Communications founder JR Shaw and his son, CEO Jim Shaw, Telus CEO Darren Entwistle, Bell Canada CEO George Cope, Astral chairman Andre…
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TORONTO and VANCOUVER – Shaw Cable customers who watch Rogers Sportsnet HD on channel 211 will now receive Sportsnet West HD or Sportsnet Pacific HD on the same channel.
Effective immediately, Shaw Cable viewers will receive regular regional HD programming when scheduled, along with HD editions of sports highlight show Sportsnet Connected on weeknights.
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TORONTO – Nominations close Wednesday, December 10th for the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) brand new Young Canadian Engineering Professional of the Year Award.
The SCTE, along with Aurora Networks as the primary sponsor and Cartt.ca as the publishing partner, last month announced the development and launch of a new award that annually will recognize a young cable telecommunications engineering professional in Canada who is already making his or her mark on the industry.
The Young Canadian Engineering Professional of the Year Award will debut as part of the inaugural SCTE Canadian Summit, which is set for Tuesday…
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It is with great sadness that Rogers Communications Inc. announces the death of company founder Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers, a visionary communications industry pioneer and a titan in Canadian business. He was 75.
(Ed Note: The following is the full press release detailing Ted Rogers’ life, issued by Rogers Communications.)
Mr. Rogers, known for his relentless drive, built Rogers Communications into a Canadian leader in wireless telecommunications, cable television, broadcasting, publishing and more. Mr. Rogers’ name is synonymous with innovative, high-quality communications products across Canada.
He leaves his wife, Loretta; four children: Lisa, Edward (Suzanne), Melinda (Eric) and Martha; and…
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TORONTO – With the privatization of Bell Canada looking like it’s dead, what with the release last week that KPMG can’t deliver a positive opinion on the solvency of the big telco post-deal, speculation has run rampant that Telus might still be interested in merging with Bell.
Scotia Capital analyst John Henderson issued an investor’s report saying that he believes there’s a 15% chance Of “Belus” happening. Telus did seriously want to kick Bell’s tires back in mid-2007 when the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and its partners put together its deal to buy Bell, but the western telco Continue Reading
CALGARY – Shaw and Star Choice customers can get in to the holiday spirit with the return of the fire log and Christmas tree channels.
Starting today, customers can tune to a channel dedicated to a “natural”, flickering fire, or enjoy coverage of a 50-foot Colorado Spruce that has been decorated with more than 6,000 multi-coloured lights and hundreds of festive ornaments, the company announced.
"With both the Fire Log and Christmas Tree channels airing over this year’s festive season, Shaw customers will experience holiday programming like never before," said Peter Bissonnette, president of Shaw Communications. "Our Fire Log…
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OTTAWA – The CAB has handed out their annual scholarships to Canadian broadcasting and communications students. The cash awards are designed to assist with the students’ education.
The CAB Jim Allard Scholarship was awarded to Elyse Skura, who is studying media theory and production, journalism broadcasting at the University of Western Ontario/Fanshawe College.
The BBM Canada Scholarship was awarded to José Domingo Mora, a Ph.D candidate at Simon Fraser University’s business marketing program.
The Astral Media Scholarship was awarded to Karima Aoudia, a Ph.D student at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM).
As well, the Ruth Hancock Scholarship Foundation awarded…
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GATINEAU – When Star Choice took Sun TV (Quebecor’s Toronto station, CKXT) and CBKT Regina (CBC) out of its channel lineup in May, it did not violate its conditions of licence, the CRTC ruled Thursday.
Back in May, the DTH company (a division of Shaw Communications) took five stations out of its basic package, including the two mentioned above as well as CTV Calgary, which was quickly reinstated after customers complained. French-language CBC news channel RDI was also taken off, but the Commission forced Star Choice to reinstate it last week, as Cartt.ca reported.
This followed a stern Commission…
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TORONTO – Despite the wild, scary ride the global economy has been taking us all on this year, wireless newcomer Globalive is well-financed and going full speed ahead, said its CEO, Anthony Lacavera, an investors conference in Toronto last week.
Recognizing that “the market would not allow external financing right now,” Lacavera told the Scotia Capital Markets Telecom and Technology investors day that Globalive’s wireless venture is well-funded by co-owner Orascom – a global wireless player based in Egypt with over 77 million wireless subscribers.
Globalive can count on up to $700 million from its corporate partner, said Lacavera,…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications’ telethon helped raise $300,000 in support of high-performance Canadian athletes.
The "Making It Happen" telethon was held November 16th on Shaw TV in western Canada and nationally on Star Choice. Shaw matched viewer contributions up to $150,000 for total of $300,000 donated to the Canadian Athletes Now Fund (CAN Fund).
For eight hours, 70 Canadian athletes, such as members of the 2008 Men’s 8 Gold Medal Rowing Team, wrestling gold medalist Carol Huynh, and Paralympic 100m Gold Medalist Earle Connor, managed phones bids on 400 auction items.
"Shaw has initiated a number of innovative fundraising efforts…
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