Rogers Communications
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.
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
PublishingRogers 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.
BroadcastingRogers 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.
SportsIn addition to its ownership of Sportsnet, Rogers operates the
Toronto Blue Jays baseball team and the
Rogers Centre (previously known as SkyDome).
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 of Rogers Shared Operations and CIO, Rogers Communications Inc.: Ronan McGrath
*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*
List of assets owned by Rogers Communications*
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
