Rogers Communications
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Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications and cable television. Edward S. "Ted" Rogers is the company's well-known controlling shareholder and chief executive. Its four key units are known as Rogers Wireless, Rogers Cable, Rogers Media, and Rogers Telecom.
The company's history dates back to the Rogers Vacuum Tube Company founded by Edward S. Rogers, Sr, but formally it begins with the creation of Rogers Radio Broadcasting Limited in 1959 and under the Aldred-Rogers Broadcasting Ltd to acquired TV station CFTO-TV in 1960.
Divisions
Rogers Wireless
Rogers Wireless is Canada's largest wireless communications services provider, under the Rogers and Fido brand names, with 6.2 million voice and data subscribers, and now the sole Canadian operator of a GSM-based network. The unit was previously known as Cantel, Cantel AT&T, and Rogers AT&T Wireless (U.S. firm AT&T Wireless was a large shareholder for a time).Rogers Cable Inc.
Rogers Cable Inc. is Canada's largest cable television service provider with approximately 2.3 million customers in southern Ontario (90% of customers), New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. Its growing digital cable service provides access to technologies such as high definition television, video on demand, interactive television and enhanced television. Rogers also provides broadband Internet access, co-marketed with Yahoo!, and operates Rogers Video, Canada's largest domestically owned chain of video stores, with over 300 locations from coast to coast. Members of Rogers Cable also get access to Rogers Television and Télévision Rogers, a volunteer based local television channel. This unit was created in 1967.Rogers Telecom
Rogers Telecom (formerly Call-Net Enterprises which did business under the Sprint Canada brand) is a major competitive telephone carrier throughout Canada, best known for its local and long distance consumer and business services and solutions. Since acquiring Call-Net, Rogers has also entered into the lucrative residential phone business within its cable TV territory under the Rogers Home Phone brand, to challenge Bell Canada, using both traditional and VoIP technologies.Rogers Media
Publishing
Rogers publishes Maclean's, Canada's weekly newsmagazine; its French-language equivalent, L'actualité; Chatelaine; Flare; and a variety of other magazines. The publish arm was once under the Maclean Hunter Publishing empire.
Broadcasting
Rogers Broadcasting operates 45 Canadian radio stations, some of the better known outlets being CHFI Toronto, CJCL Toronto (The FAN 590), CFTR Toronto (680 News), and various stations operating under the Jack FM brand. It also owns The Shopping Channel, the OMNI Television stations, Rogers Sportsnet, and is a partner in OLN Canada, TVtropolis, G4techTV Canada and The Biography Channel Canada. The broadcasting arm was once under the Maclean Hunter Publishing empire. Sportsnet was originally called CTV Sportsnet and under the CTV empire.
Sports
In addition to its ownership of Sportsnet, Rogers operates the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team and the Rogers Centre (previously known as SkyDome).
Corporate governance
Current members of the board of directors of Rogers Communications are: Ronald Besse, Charles Birchall, H. Garfield Emerson, Peter Godsoe, Thomas Hull, Philip Lind, Nadir Mohamed, David Peterson, Ted Rogers, Edward Rogers III, Loretta Rogers, Melinda Rogers, William Schleyer, John A. Tory, J. Christopher Wansbrough, and Colin Watson.
- Chairman of the Board: H. Garfield Emerson
- President and CEO, Rogers Communications Inc.: Ted Rogers
- President and COO, Rogers Communications division: Nadir Mohamed
- President, Rogers Wireless: Robert Bruce
- President, Rogers Cable: Edward Rogers III
- President, Rogers Media: Tony Viner
- *President, Rogers Publishing (division of Rogers Media): Brian Segal
See also
External links
- [Rogers Communications Website]
- *[Rogers.com | About Rogers | History of Rogers]
- [Rogers Video]
- [Yahoo! - Rogers Communications Inc. Company Profile]
- [CRTC chart of Rogers Communications' assets]
- [ihaterogers.ca - Anti-Rogers website highlighting negative customer experiences]
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