GRIMSBY, ONT. — Early bird registration is now open for two Canadian CommTech shows happening this spring in the Toronto area and Calgary.
CommTech East will take place from April 14-15 at the Mississauga Convention Centre in Mississauga, Ont., with early bird rates available until February 27. CommTech West is scheduled from May 27-28 at the Coast Plaza Hotel & Convention Centre in Calgary, with early bird registration ending March 15.
“Due to the early support and endorsement of Rogers, Telus, the SCTE Ontario Chapter, and our long-standing platinum sponsor, Power & Tel, we are able to offer two shows again…
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OTTAWA — Bell Media has asked the CRTC to dismiss a complaint filed last week by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC) that called into question the tied selling of Bell’s CraveTV streaming service to existing TV subscription services.
And in a separate procedural request submitted to the CRTC today, Telus (one of CraveTV’s distributors) asked the Commission “to either return the CraveTV application to PIAC-CAC in order for deficiencies to be remedied or to close the file.”
As reported last week, in one of two applications submitted to the CRTC on February 6,…
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TORONTO — Bell Media’s CraveTV subscription video on-demand streaming service will soon be available to more TV subscribers across Canada, as Bell announced it has signed up four more distributors for the service.
The four new CraveTV distributors are: Access Communications, a Saskatchewan-owned non-profit co-operative; Cable Cable, in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ont.; Nexicom, in Peterborough, Ont.; and Northwestel, which serves customers in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, northern B.C., and High Level, Alta.
CraveTV is available now to Access Communications TV subscribers, with Cable Cable, Nexicom and Northwestel expected to launch the service in the coming weeks. CraveTV is…
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VANCOUVER — Telus today reported strong growth for its fourth quarter of 2014, with a 6.1% increase in consolidated operating revenue from a year earlier, driven by revenue and earnings growth in both its wireless and wireline businesses.
Telus’s operating revenues for Q4 2014 totalled $3.1 billion, and the company’s Q4 EBITDA increased by 5.3% to $1.0 billion. Net income of $312 million was higher by 7.6% as compared to the same quarter last year, while basic earnings per share (EPS) rose by 8.5% to $0.51.
In total, Telus’s consolidated operating revenues for the full 2014 fiscal year were $12 billion…
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TORONTO — Following on its exclusive deal last summer to distribute WWE’s flagship programming in Canada, Rogers announced today it has reached carriage agreements for WWE Network with multiple television providers.
Rogers became the exclusive Canadian distributor of WWE Network through 2024 in a 10-year broadcast and multimedia agreement reached with WWE in August.
In addition to Rogers and Eastlink, the premium WWE Network linear TV channel will soon be available to Cogeco Cable Canada, Shaw and Shaw Direct, Telus Optik TV and Telus Satellite TV, and Vidéotron subscribers. (In a Rogers press release issued today, no word was…
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VANCOUVER — Telus Optik TV customers will soon be able to access Netflix directly from any Optik TV set-top box in their home, Telus announced today.
Accessing Netflix directly through an Optik TV set-top box removes the need to switch hardware and source inputs or fumble with additional remotes, Telus said in a news release. Access to Netflix will be made available to Optik TV customers over the coming weeks, Telus said.
“The addition of Netflix is yet another demonstration of Telus’ commitment to making our customers’ entertainment experience better and simpler,” said Blair Miller, vice-president of content at Telus,…
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OTTAWA — The list of applicants for the upcoming AWS-3 and 2500 MHz wireless spectrum auctions, revealed yesterday by Industry Canada, is comprised mostly of national and regional incumbents, with a couple of smaller players thrown into the mix.
In total, 13 Canadian companies have submitted applications to compete in the AWS-3 and 2500 MHz spectrum auctions, expected to begin this spring.
Bell, Rogers, Telus, MTS, Vidéotron, Wind, Eastlink and TBayTel have all applied to take part in both the AWS-3 and 2500 MHz spectrum auctions. Mobilicity and SaskTel plan to bid on AWS-3 spectrum only, while Xplornet, Calgary-based CCI Wireless…
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THERE WAS TOO MUCH symbolism to ignore with the choice of London, Ont., as the place where CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais chose to begin dismantling simultaneous substitution and to shift the ground under Canadian TV companies, forcing the vertically integrated behemoths to ask themselves this question: “Why do we need to own media companies?”
Blais spoke in London a week ago to make three announcements, two of which were decisions from the Commission’s Let’s Talk TV hearing held in September 2014.
London is generally acknowledged as the first city in Canada to get cable over 60 years…
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OTTAWA – The participant list for Industry Canada’s upcoming AWS-3 and 2500 MHz auctions this spring is beginning to take shape. Among those who have confirmed to Cartt.ca that they have submitted applications to participate in the two aforementioned auctions are Rogers Communications and Telus Corp.
SaskTel says it applied for the AWS-3, but noted it is ineligible for the 2500 MHz sale. Bell Canada and Eastlink wouldn’t confirm or deny that they filed applications. Vidéotron and MTS hadn’t replied to Cartt.ca by deadline.
Wind Mobile, which recently completed a restructuring, had previously announced its…
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TORONTO – Rogers is gearing up to deliver live pay-per-view coverage of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup and will extend access to that coverage to Bell, MTS, SaskTel, Shaw/Shaw Direct and Telus subscribers.
The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup kicks off on February 13 at 5:00 PM ET/2:00 PM PT with Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand, and continues through to the final match on March 28. Canadian fans without a pay-per-view subscription can catch Pakistan as it meets defending champion India on February 14 at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT on OMNI.2.
As the exclusive national distributor, Rogers will offer all 49 matches…
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