Cogeco Cable Inc. and Channel Zero Inc.’s CHCH TV said Tuesday they made Canadian television history last week by being the first in the country to offer localized advertising. The companies said advertisers will be able to have their promotions seen only by specific subsections of a channel’s viewer audience, based on where they are. The TV service provider and Hamilton-based broadcaster said in a press release they teamed with Invidi Technologies Corp. and Capital Networks Ltd. to develop a platform that will allow ad content on the same TV station to vary based on the location...
Telus Corp. and Quebecor Inc. are the leading bidders for Mobilicity, the new-entrant wireless carrier that’s been in bankruptcy protection since September, according to an article in the Globe and Mail. In an online report Tuesday, the Globe said Telus and Quebecor are considered the only “serious” bidders, citing sources familiar with the situation. The report said Wind Mobile, which has been public about making a bid for Mobilicity, and Cogeco Cable Inc. have made bids that are “not considered to be serious.” The article said Telus’ bid is worth...
A group of academics have written to Canada’s leading telecommunications-service providers to ask them about the sharing of customer information with government agencies. The academics sent...
Cogeco Cable Inc. said Tuesday that it has doubled the speed of its fastest residential and business Internet speeds in Ontario and Quebec. In two different releases, Cogeco said it was offering packages called Ultimate 120 to...
Cogeco Cable Inc. reported revenue of $474.98 million for the three months ended Nov. 30, a 43.7 per cent increase from $327.91 million at the same time last year, the company said in its first-quarter results Monday. It reported...
Carriage negotiations between broadcasters and the broadcast distributors who deliver their channels to consumers will focus on finding the right “penetration-based” price rates in a...
Cogeco Cable Inc. said Tuesday that Fabio Banducci is leaving his post as co-CEO of its subsidiary Peer1 Hosting, a provider of IT hosting and communications technology services. The resignation is effective Dec. 18, at which time Peer1’s other co-CEO, Gary Sherlock, will assume the role of sole president and CEO. Cogeco Cable, which announced the deal to buy Peer1 late last year, said Banducci was leaving to “refocus on other opportunities.” "While it is difficult for me to part with such an excellent team, it reassures me to do so, leaving Peer1 Hosting in the very competent hands of my colleague and friend Gary, with the support of the entire leadership team at Cogeco Cable," Banducci said in a release issued by Cogeco Cable....
Cogeco Cable Inc. appointed Louise St-Pierre as president and chief executive officer of its Canadian cable division, the company said. In a release Tuesday, Cogeco said the “unanimous” decision reflects efforts to “adapt” its corporate structure, following acquisitions of U.S. cableco Atlantic Broadband Inc., completed in...
Cogeco Cable Inc. has extended its home phone service to Ste-Rosalie and Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, Que., the company said. In a release Tuesday, Cogeco said it is offering residents of the two communities a package with unlimited local calling at a promotional price of $5 per month, and a package that also offers five...
The CRTC approved BCE Inc.’s reworked application to purchase Astral Media Inc. for $3.38 billion, with conditions that raise the company’s contributions to Canadian broadcasting by $72...