Tag: Rogers

All things Rogers from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

CRTC hearings on questionable telco practices wrap

CRTC hearings on misleading and aggressive sales practices by the country's telecom providers concluded Friday afternoon, with Shaw, Rogers and Bell disputing that questionable...

#CRTC and #Telecom News In Brief

CRTC hearings into questionable sales practices by the country’s big telcos opened with the full commission panel hearing that the deaf, deaf-blind and hard...

CRTC research finds 40 per cent of Canadians feel misled by...

Public opinion research commissioned by the CRTC finds that about 40 per cent of Canadians surveyed by IPSOS reported having experienced sales practices by...

Rogers Media second broadcaster to ban Faith Goldy election ads

Rogers Media is the second broadcast outlet to reject election ads from Toronto mayoral candidate Faith Goldy. The former Rebel Media contributor posted a screenshot...

Citytv starts production on new dog detective drama set in St....

Citytv has started production on new detective drama REX (working title), centred on the relationship between a police detective and his hardworking dog. Starring John Reardon...

#CRTC and #Telecom News – CRTC denies Fairplay Canada website-blocking proposal

The CRTC has denied the FairPlay Canada coalition’s website-blocking proposal to address copyright piracy. The commission says it does not have the jurisdiction under...

#Radio & #Podnews – SiriusXM to acquire Pandora and Podcasting showing...

Dave Wheeler, the former 92 CITI FM Winnipeg morning man fired by Rogers in July after controversial on-air comments about transgender people, is suing...

Former ZoomerMedia, Rogers exec George Grant dies

Former ZoomerMedia and Rogers executive George Grant has died at age 76. Grant passed away Monday, Sept. 17 at Toronto General Hospital as a result...

Fired morning man Dave Wheeler suing Rogers for $1.4M

Dave Wheeler, the former 92 CITI FM Winnipeg morning man fired by Rogers in July after controversial on-air comments about transgender people, is suing the...

Rogers to build 5G testbed on UBC campus

Rogers and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have announced a three year, multi-million dollar partnership to build a real-world 5G Hub on campus that will...