TORONTO – While the subscription TV market share among traditional telcos is growing and revenue is stable, the TV market is beginning to see the overall effect of cord cutting, says a new report from Convergence Consulting.
Led by Bell and Telus, the company says the telcos’ Canadian TV market share will be at 21.5% at this year’s end (YE), up from 18.5% YE2014, where cable had 61.2% and satellite 20.3% then. It forecasts 59.4% and 19.1% YE2015, respectively. On the bottom line, however, Convergence estimates 2014 Canadian cable, satellite, telco TV access provider subscription revenue grew 2% to $9.1…
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DENVER and TORONTO – Just in time for spring, World Fishing Network will be available on a free preview to cable, satellite and telco subscribers in North America for the month of April and into early May.
Dedicated to the angling lifestyle, the network’s programming includes instruction, tips, travel, tournaments, cooking, boating and outdoor recreation with some of the most recognized personalities in the angling community. Starting April 4, World Fishing Network will begin airing 21 new and returning shows with new episodes, including original productions JP DeRose Breaking Boundaries, Bill Boyce’s Cali and Hookin’ Up with Mariko Izumi, along…
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OTTAWA – Canadians’ complaints over their telecom and Internet services continue to fall, but breaches of the country’s Wireless Code of Conduct are on the rise now that more Canadians fall under it, says the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS).
In its first ever mid-year report released Thursday, the CCTS said it accepted 5,468 complaints between August 1, 2014 and January 31, 2015, down 8.5% from the same period a year earlier. Last year’s annual report showed a 17% year-over-year drop in complaints.
The report says that billing errors continue to be the most commonly raised issue…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s publicly traded television service providers combined lost a record 65,000 TV subscribers in their respective 2014 fiscal years (November 30/December 31, 2013 to November 30/December 31, 2014), up sharply from just a few hundred lost in their 2013 fiscal years, according to a new report released today
New research from Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services also shows that the publicly traded TV service providers lost 21,380 TV subscribers combined in their 2014 fiscal fourth quarters, almost double the 11,323 lost in the same periods in 2013.
“The trend continues to show the…
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GATINEAU – There are always some interesting figures which emerge with the publishing of the annual aggregate returns of the large carriers and broadcasters by the CRTC.
Below are a few highlights from the data filed by Canada’s cable, satellite and IPTV companies (we’ll look at the conventional TV, pay and specialty and radio numbers later) for the broadcast year ended August 31, 2014.
Of the subscriber losses suffered by the large, established TV carriers (cable and satellite brands Rogers Cable, Shaw Cable, Shaw Direct, Videotron, Bell Satellite TV, Cogeco Cable and Eastlink) almost all went to…
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TORONTO – Alek Krstajic has been named the new CEO of Wind Mobile, and founder Anthony Lacavera is stepping away from the company’s day-to-day operations to take on the role of honorary chairman, the company announced Monday.
Krstajic replaces former CEO Pietro Cordova who “has transitioned away” to rejoin the Vimpelcom group, according to the announcement. No stranger to the Canadian wireless industry, Krstajic was founder and CEO of fellow new wireless entrant Public Mobile, bought by Telus in 2013, plus was previously president of Bell Mobility and SVP at Rogers Cable.
"We are very happy to welcome Alek as…
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OTTAWA – While some have yet to react and others have decried the CRTC’s decisions today on the carriage portion of the Commission’s TV Policy Review, the overall reaction has ranged from generally positive to indifferent. Bell Canada and Quebecor Media have chosen not to respond as yet.
Shaw Communications president and CEO Brad Shaw:
“We support the Government’s direction and the Commission’s commitment to maximize choice for Canadians – as citizens, producers, and consumers. We are pleased that the Commission has built on the foundation of previous Talk TV decisions to support a bold yet balanced and orderly policy framework…
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TORONTO – Bell Media’s CraveTV subscription video on-demand streaming service is now available to more TV subscribers in Ontario after Bell signed up four more distributors in the province for the service.
The four new CraveTV distributors are Hay Communications, with customers in Zurich, Grand Bend, and Exeter; Mitchell Seaforth Cable TV, serving communities throughout Huron and Perth County; Huron County-based Tuckersmith Communications; and Wightman Telecom in Clifford, ON. These new distribution partners join the list of providers that also includes Bell Fibe TV, Bell Satellite TV, and Bell Aliant FibreOp TV, Telus Optik TV, Eastlink, Northwestel, Nexicom, Access Communications,…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada has named Catherine Patry as director, marketing and business-to-business communications for its Media Solutions Group.
Patry, pictured, previously held various management roles in marketing and communications at Telus for nearly eight years. Prior to that, she worked for the advertising agencies Bleublancrouge and Taxi.
Reporting directly to Media Solutions’ general manager and chief revenue officer Jean Mongeau, Patry’s mandate is to elaborate marketing, commercialization and B2B communications strategies aimed at CBC/Radio-Canada’s clients and business partners in the advertising sales and distribution areas.
“Catherine is a seasoned marketer with a strong knowledge of our business environment,” said Mongeau in Tuesday’s…
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TORONTO – Rogers has reached an agreement with the Competition Bureau to credit or refund its customers who were charged for premium text messages that they did not ask for.
Premium texts provide information like quizzes and fun facts, horoscopes and ringtones for which customers pay a transaction or monthly fee. In the past, Rogers acted as the billing agent for the third parties who provided the premium texts, much like charging a purchase to a credit card.
The move comes as a result of a Competition Bureau investigation of Rogers, Bell, Telus and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) launched in 2012…
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