Articles Tagged ‘Rogers Communications’

Demand rises for high-speed internet service: report
Two new reports from J.D. Power report on what factors influence customer satisfaction on TV and online services.

Rogers Communications sees Q1 earnings fall
The media giant said more cable TV and phone subscribers headed to the exits due to the CRTC’s new contract cancellation notification policy.

Exclusive Vice content coming to Fido
The Rogers-owned mobile service is offering a new Canadian daily show to Fido customers.

Fido plays nice with Spotify
Six months after its launch, Spotify inks a deal with Rogers that will see its premium service offered for free on Fido phones.

Canadian cord-cutting rose sharply in 2014: Report
Major Canadian TV providers last year lost a record 65,000 TV subscribers, Boon Dog Professional Service’s latest research reveals.

CTV Go adds more carriers
The app is now available to 90% of English Canadian TV subscribers, just in time for the Oscars live stream this Sunday.

WWE Network coming to more Canadians
Rogers has announced more TV providers will begin carrying the channel, which it bought rights to in Canada last summer.

Rogers Q4 earnings drop, despite higher overall revenues
Gains in revenue from NHL licensing deal and Sportsnet properties offset continuing softness in print and TV advertising.

Rogers Comm. taps German phone exec to lead consumer business
Former Deutsche Telekom sales and distribution head Dirk Woessner will join the company on April 5 as president of the consumer business division.

Spotted! Shomi turns Yonge-Dundas Square purple
The streaming service is using the OOH campaign to drive awareness and launch a Twitter contest.

Rogers strikes video deal with Conde Nast Entertainment
Rogers Communications gets exclusive rights to sell Conde Nast Entertainment’s digital video in Canada.

Livia Zufferli joining Rogers
Target’s VP of marketing is headed to the telco later this month as an SVP.

Rogers Communications posts lower earnings
Cable revenue fell on continuing TV subscriber losses, partially offset by continued internet revenue growth.

BCE issues complaint against Rogers hockey app
The media co has filed a complaint with the CRTC saying new extensions to the Rogers NHL GameCentre Live app violate competitive regulations.

Why Rogers told CRTC to keep the kid gloves on for US channels
“…I don’t want to lose these folks from the ecosystem,” Rogers’ SVP David Purdy told regulators during Thursday’s Let’s Talk TV hearing.