Jays audience on Sportsnet One down 94%
According to BBM Canada Audience figures, a minuscule 31,000 Canadians watched the Toronto Blue Jays play the Los Angeles Angels on Rogers new SportsNet One television station this past weekend.
That number was 94% lower than the more than 480,000 Canadians who tuned into the Jays versus Angels games on existing Sportsnet regional stations on Friday and Sunday.
Jays fans angry over launch of Rogers SportsNet One
Many Toronto Blue Jays fans across the country are angry over a recent decision by Rogers Media to move twenty five Blue Jays games from existing Sportsnet stations and show them exclusively on Rogers new Sportsnet One station which launches tomorrow.
By moving the Blue Jays games from the four existing Sportsnet stations to Sportsnet One, Rogers is trying to force Canadian broadcast distributors and Blue Jays fans to subscribe to yet another Rogers digital specialty station.
Canada’s Largest Digital Service Providers
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Rogers Sportsnet One goes on air August 14th
Rogers Media has announced that it will launch Rogers “Sportsnet One,” a mainstream sports television station on Saturday, August 14th.
Once the station is up and running, Rogers will have five channels in its SportsNet line-up including Sportsnet ONE and four regional channels Sportsnet East, Ontario, West, and Pacific.
Rogers cuts Internet Service without reducing prices
Without any announcement, Rogers Cable this month has cut service on some of its most popular Internet Service plans without any changes in pricing. The changes mean that Rogers customers will have to subscribe to more expensive internet plans in order to receive the same level of service.
How to watch the World Cup finals in 3D
Telus, Shaw Direct and Rogers have all announced they will broadcast the final two games of the 2010 World Cup Soccer Championship in side-by-side 3D.
The 3D match for third place will air on Saturday, July 10 at 2:30 pm ET while the championship match airs on Sunday, July 11 at 2:30 pm ET.
How to stop spam email from Fido
Recently I got angry with email spam that I was receiving from my wireless phone provider, Fido Communications.
Like most Canadians, realizing there is little that I can do about junk email, I typically just delete all spam email from my Inbox and move on with my day.
Rogers raising cable rates 5% on July 1st
Rogers Cable has begun notifying customers that effective July 1st, it will be raising basic cable rates by 5%, from $29.99 to $31.49 per month.
In addition, the company has raised many of its most popular cable packages by a similar percentages.
