New Whole home HD PVR now available from Rogers
Without any fanfare or public pronouncements, Rogers Cable this past week began selling the Cisco 8642 Whole Home high definition personal video recorder (HD-PVR) which should replace its aging 8300HD PVR.
Although roll-out plans for the new HD PVR have not been announced by Rogers, Digital Home believes the company will not formally announce the new set top box until it has cleared out its inventory of older PVRs.
CKVU Digital TV now live in Vancouver
Just one week after it received CRTC approval, CKVU Digital television has gone live over-the-air (OTA) in Vancouver on digital channel 10.1.
Digital Home readers first reported the station was on-air early Tuesday afternoon.
CRTC approves new Sports television Channel
In a broadcasting decision handed down yesterday, the CRTC has approved an application by Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. for a national sports television channel.
New Rogers data roaming plans could prove costly
Rogers Wireless has announced new data plans for customers wishing to user their smartphone’s data capabilities (email, mobile web surfing, downloading documents) when travelling to the United States.
Rogers earned $4 billion in profits in 2009
Rogers Communications Inc. today announced its consolidated financial and operating results for the company’s final quarter of 2009.
For 2009, Rogers reported overall operating revenues rose 3% from 2008 to $11.34 billion while profits rose 6% to $4.01 billion.
Bell Aliant seeks to stop “false” advertising by Rogers
Bell Aliant announced today that it had filed a legal claim in Fredericton, New Brunswick against Rogers Communications Inc. Bell is asking the court for an immediate injunction to stop Rogers from making, what Aliant says, is false and misleading claims about its internet service.
According to Bell, Rogers current advertising is false and misleading because Rogers says it has the “fastest and most reliable” high speed Internet service in New Brunswick.
Rogers to change Quickstart menu after customer complaints
Rogers Cable has informed Digital Home today that it plans to make changes to its new QuickStart Menu after a litany of complaints from subscribers.
The new Rogers menu, which forced users to pass through a Rogers marketing screen before they could get to their electronic program guide, met with near universal hatred by Digital Home readers since it was implemented in mid-January.
Select cable companies to offer Olympic VOD coverage
CTV and Rogers media have announced plans to offer viewers at select Canadian cable companies more than 700 hours of Video On Demand television coverage of the 2010 Winter Games.
Video on Demand (VOD) is a digital cable television service which allows a viewer to order a television program from an on-screen menu and have it delivered instantly to the television set, typically with the ability to pause, stop, rewind and fast forward programming.
