TSN Hockey (formerly the NHL on TSN and The NHL Tonight on TSN ) is the blanket title used by TSN 's broadcasts of the National Hockey League .
91-641: After holding the Canadian national cable rights to the NHL from 1985 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2014, it was announced in November 2013 that TSN and Bell Media had lost these rights to Rogers Communications and Sportsnet as part of an exclusive, twelve-year media rights deal that took effect in the 2014–15 NHL season . In August 2014, following its loss of national NHL rights, TSN split its singular national feed into four regional channels (itself an imitation of
182-735: A $ 3.9 billion all-stock deal, paying $ 40 per-share and assuming $ 800 million in debt. Following the closure of this purchase pending regulatory approval, the company will operate as Bell MTS , a subsidiary of Bell Canada; the acquisition was expected to be closed in late-2016 to early 2017. Bell committed to investing $ 1 billion over five years into expanding broadband service in Manitoba, and upgrading MTS's infrastructure to support new services, including Bell Fibe and LTE-Advanced . Bell will also base its Western Canadian operations out of Bell MTS in Winnipeg, increasing its staff to 6,900 employees. As
273-475: A duopoly on communications services in their regions, and both companies own a stake of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment . Rogers also competes nationally with Telus for wireless services. Rogers Communications' acquisition of Shaw Communications in Western Canada was approved in 2023. In 1925, Ted Rogers Sr invented the world's first alternating current (AC) heater filament cathode for
364-559: A radio tube , which then enabled radios to be powered by ordinary transformer-coupled household electric current. This was a breakthrough in the technology and became a key factor in popularizing radio reception. He also established the CFRB radio station in Toronto (later acquired by outside interests). In 1931, he was awarded an experimental television licence in Canada. On May 6, 1939, he
455-574: A trust for which a subsidiary of Scotiabank serves as trustee. Ted's son Edward Rogers and daughter Melinda Rogers serve, respectively, as chairman and vice-chair of the trust. The current members of the board of directors of Rogers Communications are: A previous composition of the board was disputed by Edward Rogers, who, in his capacity as chair of the Rogers Control Trust, announced on October 22 that Brooks, Clappison, Jacob, MacDonald, and Peterson had been replaced on
546-733: A 10-year agreement with Comcast ; expanding upon its Ignite TV partnership, the agreement gives Rogers access to Comcast-developed broadband, smart home, and home security hardware. On April 19, 2021, "wireless calls, SMS and data services were down across Canada for almost an entire day because of an issue with a software update". Rogers hardly reimbursed consumers for the inconvenience. On July 8, 2022, millions of customers reported issues with Rogers mobile and Internet services, including some Canada government services, such as Service Canada , Canada Revenue Agency and passport offices, as well as Canadian interbank, money transfer network Interac , ATMs and 9-1-1 services. Rogers apologized for
637-612: A Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) which was created to expand telecommunications options for the business market in Alberta and British Columbia. As part of the deal, Bell Canada gained 20% ownership of MTS. They set up a jointly operated office in Calgary. By the summer of 1999, fibre optic cable had been laid in Edmonton and Calgary , and later extended to Vancouver , British Columbia. In August 1999, MTS completed work on
728-401: A bid of nearly $ 32 million for its Canadian broadcast rights during a blind auction. However, broadcast rights to the tournament were instead awarded to Rogers; although Bell Media representatives refused to elaborate, the company believed that Rogers' national rights to the NHL had contained provisions allowing the company to match outside offers for such events. The 1986 Canadian coverage of
819-598: A complaint in an Ontario court against penalties levied under a 'Truth in Advertising' law, claiming that the amount of the penalties, and the requirements imposed by the law, were in violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms . The company also had to recognize the rising market trend of customers canceling or foregoing cable television service subscriptions in favour of cheaper priced alternate content delivery means, such as streaming media services like Netflix ,
910-399: A condition of the sale, Bell agreed to divest one-third of MTS Mobility's wireless subscribers and MTS retail locations to Telus ; the divestment aimed to give the three national carriers (Bell, Rogers, and Telus) a roughly equal market share in Manitoba. The deal faced criticism for the possibility that it would result in a higher cost of services. Due to the market positioning of MTS as
1001-496: A demographic called " cord cutters " and " cord nevers ". In response, Rogers acquired content with a speculated cost of $ 100 million to begin their own competing online streaming service, Shomi , much like the American Hulu Plus , which launched November 4, 2014. Shomi subsequently shut down after only 2 years of operation, on November 30, 2016. In the summer of 2014, Rogers reported a 24% drop in profit compared to
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#17327983190671092-527: A digital microwave system to replace the outdated equipment. Cellular telephone service is currently available to 98% of population in the province. In 2003, MTS purchased the naming rights for the True North Centre in downtown Winnipeg, renaming it the MTS Centre . The 10-year deal between True North Sports & Entertainment and MTS, which was MTS's single largest advertising expenditure,
1183-488: A fourth major wireless carrier in the region, the three major national carriers have historically offered lower prices in Manitoba to remain competitive. As such, with the removal of a competitor, there would no longer be an incentive to do so. A similar business climate exists in Saskatchewan , where the three national carriers must compete against the dominant, government-owned regional carrier SaskTel . A survey by
1274-588: A game on TSN on the same day, Miller would call the Maple Leafs game while Jon Abbott would fill in during Senators broadcasts. On Winnipeg Jets broadcasts, Dan Robertson does play-by-play and Kevin Sawyer provides colour commentary. For Montreal Canadiens regional games, Bryan Mudryk work play-by-play duties while colour commentary is rotated between Dave Poulin, Mike Johnson, and Craig Button. Miller, Dennis Beyak , Johnson, and Button are also assigned to work
1365-455: A long-term contract with TSN. In addition, not only did McKenzie, Dreger, Cuthbert, and Miller also decide to stay with TSN, but all four started to appear on a regular basis south of the border on NBC's hockey coverage (McKenzie, Dreger, and Cuthbert officially joined NBC, while Miller, who did occasional play-by-play work for NBC since 2011, saw an increased role). Cuthbert moved to Sportsnet in 2020. After ESPN (a part-owner of TSN) reacquired
1456-461: A move that would reduce national competition in Canadian wireless communication by removing one of the four major competitors from the market. On September 29, chief financial officer Tony Staffieri left the company. On October 8, The Globe and Mail reported that this came about following Edward Rogers ' attempt to have Staffieri replace Joe Natale, a former Telus executive and the company's third CEO since Ted Rogers' death in 2008. This attempt
1547-512: A new campaign featuring an animated version of their mascot, Morty the Bison. In September 2012, MTS launched LTE, with it initially rolling out in the cities of Winnipeg and Brandon. MTS' older CDMA network continues to work with CDMA handsets. According to the MTS website, MTS plans on shutting down its CDMA service by the end of 2016. In May 2013, Allstream was to be sold to Accelero Capital, with
1638-541: A new trunked (digital) radio system known as FleetNet 800 , technology licensed from neighbouring SaskTel . In the Fall of 1999, MTS began to offer DSL high-speed Internet service in Winnipeg and Brandon, which later expanded to other areas of the province. The CRTC met with the various telecommunications providers in Canada and required of them to implement a Service Improvement Plan (SIP). This meant that MTS had to improve service to northern remote areas that even by
1729-552: A number of conditions requiring the addition of 3,000 jobs in Western Canada, Videotron must also offer plans 20% lower than the competition and commit to spending $ 150 million in the next two years to upgrade the Freedom Mobile network. Rogers and Videotron would be liable to pay upwards of $ 1 billion and $ 200 million in penalties, respectively, if the commitments were not fulfilled. In April 2024, Rogers announced
1820-510: A part-owner of Baton Aldred Rogers Broadcasting (BARB), which established CFTO-TV , Toronto's first private television station. In 1962, Rogers established CHFI (AM) , an AM radio station that later became CFTR. In 1967, Rogers established Rogers Cable TV in partnership with BARB. In 1971, new CRTC regulations forced BARB to sell its 50% stake in Rogers Cable TV. In 1979, Rogers acquired Canadian Cablesystems, and became listed on
1911-510: A part-time multiplex channel of TSN exclusive to the Jets' market. The TSN Jets channel was a subscription-based premium service, costing $ 9.95 CAD per-month during the NHL season, but was available on a free preview basis for the start of the inaugural season. Despite the fee, representatives from both MTS and Shaw Cable stated that "thousands" of their customers had subscribed to the Jets channel. On August 18, 2014, TSN officially confirmed that
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#17327983190672002-584: A partner acquired the CHFI-FM radio station; they then became part-owners of a group that established the CFTO television station. The chief competitor to Rogers is Bell Canada , which has a similarly extensive portfolio of radio and television media assets, as well as wireless, television distribution, and telephone services, particularly in Eastern and Central Canada. The two companies are often seen as having
2093-544: A six-year sponsorship deal with Scotiabank , which saw the bank become the title sponsor for Wednesday Night Hockey and Hockey Day in Canada , and become a sponsor for other segments and initiatives throughout Rogers' NHL coverage. On October 6, 2014, Rogers and NHL began their media sales venture in which Rogers will lead all Canadian national NHL media sales across its owned and operated broadcast and digital platforms as well as ad sales for League-owned digital assets in Canada. Rogers Bank ( French : Banque Rogers )
2184-641: A smaller portion to the new entrant Xplornet . Under Bell ownership, Bell MTS will serve as the headquarters of Bell's telecom businesses in western Canada. One of the first two telephone subscribers in Manitoba was Winnipeg businessman James Henry Ashdown in 1881. MTS is the descendant company of Manitoba Government Telephones, which went into operation in January 1908 after the government of Manitoba bought Bell Canada's Manitoba operations. The Crown corporation became Manitoba Telephone System in 1921, and eventually took over all private telephone operations in
2275-535: A sub-licensing agreement with Rogers, Quebecor Media holds national French-language rights to the NHL, with all coverage airing on its specialty channel TVA Sports . TVA Sports' flagship broadcasts on Saturday nights focus primarily on the Montreal Canadiens . Rogers sought to increase the prominence of NHL content on digital platforms by re-launching the NHL's digital out-of-market sports package GameCentre Live as Rogers NHL GameCentre Live, adding
2366-528: A year after the closure of the acquisition. Rates for all other Bell MTS services were raised in September 2017. The MTS Centre was renamed to Bell MTS Place on May 30, 2017, following Bell Canada ’s acquisition of MTS. In October 2018, Bell MTS began to integrate its wireless subscribers into the national Bell Mobility business. In late August 2019, BellMTS announced that it will no longer serve some rural communities with wireless Internet service via
2457-550: Is a Canadian communications and media company operating primarily in the fields of wireless communications , cable television , telephony and Internet , with significant additional telecommunications and mass media assets. Rogers has its headquarters in Toronto , Ontario . The company traces its origins to 1914, when Edward S. Rogers Sr. founded Rogers Vacuum Tube Company to sell battery-less radios, although this present enterprise dates to 1960, when Ted Rogers and
2548-511: Is a Canadian financial services company wholly owned by Rogers Communications. Rogers applied to the Minister of Finance under the Bank Act for permission to establish a Schedule I bank (a domestic bank that may accept deposits) in summer 2011. At launch, Rogers Bank offered a Rogers-branded credit card targeted at existing customers. A companion card branded for Rogers subsidiary Fido
2639-553: Is the former naming rights holder of a venue in Winnipeg, the Bell MTS Iceplex . Bell MTS operates an IPTV service, Bell MTS Fibe TV (formerly MTS Ultimate TV ), which is available in Brandon, Carberry, Dauphin, Killarney, Minnedosa, Neepawa, Oakbank, Portage la Prairie, Selkirk, Steinbach, The Pas, Thompson, and Winnipeg. The service launched in 2009 and is based on Ericsson Mediaroom middleware. MTS Classic TV
2730-482: The 1998–99 season , when they first lost the national contract. The package was originally for 30 games, but reduced to 17 once TSN re-acquired the national rights in 2002. Ten of those games were ones that TSN acquired from the NHL to air nationally. The other seven, TSN acquired from the Maple Leafs as regional games. However, TSN eventually came to an agreement with the other five Canadian clubs to air these games nationally. Originally Joe Bowen and Harry Neale called
2821-945: The Angus Reid Institute found that 61% of those surveyed moderately or strongly disapproved of the deal. On December 20, 2016, the CRTC approved the sale of MTS's broadcast distribution undertakings to Bell. On February 15, 2017, the deal was approved by the Competition Bureau and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada . To relieve concerns over the reduction of wireless competition in Manitoba post-merger, Bell additionally agreed to divest 24,700 customers, 6 retail locations, and wireless spectrum to rural internet provider Xplornet so it may launch its own competing wireless business. Bell will provide Xplornet with "expedited access" to its towers for five years, as well as roaming and handset stock. This aspect of
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2912-527: The CRTC to acquire 20 per cent of CablePulse 24 , a local news channel in Toronto. On August 25, 2012, Rogers Media agreed to acquire Score Media which includes The Score Television Network for $ 167 million, including a 10% stake of its digital business. The deal was completed on Oct. 19, 2012. In 2012, Rogers purchased CJNT-DT Montreal and on February 3, 2013, it was rebranded as City Montreal. On November 26, 2013, Rogers Communications Inc, unveiled
3003-856: The Calgary Flames ' first-round series against the Chicago Blackhawks , the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs when the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Washington Capitals in seven games, and the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs when the Vancouver Canucks lost in four straight games to the San Jose Sharks . In January 2015, after it was announced that the NHL-organized World Cup of Hockey would be revived in 2016, Bell Media attempted to make
3094-629: The NHL All-Star Game was to be provided by CTV . However, CTV had a prior commitment to carry a U.S. miniseries . As a result, TSN took over coverage of the game in Hartford . James Duthie serves as the lead in-studio host with analysts including Bob McKenzie , Darren Dreger , and Pierre LeBrun . Tessa Bonhomme is a secondary studio host, primarily working on Canadiens games. Craig Button , Dave Poulin , Mike Johnson , Glenn Schiiler, and Aaron Ward also contribute periodically in
3185-595: The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs , alongside its existing rights to Winnipeg Jets games. The TSN Hockey name is used primarily as a blanket title for TSN's regional NHL coverage, and national segments featuring its analysts, and not used as the on-air title of the broadcasts themselves, which are branded as Leafs on TSN , Sens on TSN , Jets on TSN , and Habs on TSN respectively. TSN began airing Toronto Maple Leafs games regionally, presented by Molson as Molson Canadian Leafs Hockey , in
3276-630: The Toronto Blue Jays baseball team through Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership and the Rogers Centre (previously known as SkyDome ). Through Sportsnet, Rogers Sports & Media also holds a 50% ownership in Dome Productions, a mobile production and distribution joint venture that is a leader in high-definition television production and broadcasting in Canada. Rogers also owns the naming rights to Rogers Arena , home of
3367-660: The Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League (AHL), Raptors 905 of the NBA G League and Toronto FC II of MLS Next Pro , respectively. On June 28, 2007, Rogers offered to sell the two religious-licensed OMNI stations in Winnipeg and Vancouver as part of the Citytv deal, although the company stated that it intended to retain the multilingual-licensed OMNI stations. In September 2007, Rogers applied to
3458-665: The Toronto Stock Exchange as a result. In 1980, Rogers acquired Premier Cablevision and became the largest cable company in Canada. In 1986, Rogers Cable was renamed Rogers Communications; it established operational control over Cantel , a wireless telephone company in which Rogers had a stake. Rogers Communications Inc. unveiled its new logo on January 17, 2000, marking the departure of its original logo. In 2000, Rogers acquired Cable Atlantic from Newfoundland businessman (and future premier) Danny Williams . In July 2001, Rogers Media acquired CTV Sportsnet , which
3549-846: The Vancouver Canucks , as well as Rogers Place , the home of the Edmonton Oilers . A joint venture between Rogers Communications and Bell Canada owns 75% of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment , owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League , Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association , Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League , and Toronto FC of Major League Soccer , as well as their minor league farm teams ,
3640-787: The World Junior Championships in January. During their absences, McLennan and an alternate play-by-play announcer would work both Maple Leafs and Senators games, with Mudryk substituting on occasional Senators games. Sean Campbell would replace Mudryk on its television broadcasts. The studio hosts were Jim Van Horne ( 1985 – 1994 ), John Wells ( 1989 – 1995 ), and Gord Miller ( 1995 – 1998 ), with Bob McKenzie providing studio analysis. Lead play-by-play broadcasters were Wells (1985–86), Jim Hughson ( 1987 – 1994 ), and Paul Romanuk (1994–1998). Color commentators were Meeker and Bobby Orr (1985–86), Roger Neilson ( 1987 – 1989 ), and Gary Green ( 1987 – 1998 ). Howie Meeker
3731-467: The "rural Internet program" because of a decrease in wholesale fees mandated by the CRTC. On June 15, 2021, following the expiration of Bell MTS’ naming rights, True North Sports & Entertainment , the operator of Bell MTS Place , announced that the naming rights to the arena had been sold to Canada Life under a 10-year agreement. The administration offices are located at 333 Main St. in Winnipeg, in
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3822-742: The 2013–14 season, although TSN Radio station CKGM still owns English radio rights, and Réseau des sports replaced its national French-language rights with regional rights for the 2014–15 season. English-language television rights to the Canadiens were acquired by Sportsnet East under a three-year contract. Prior to the 2017–18 season, TSN announced that they had reacquired the English-language rights to broadcast Canadiens games, replacing Sportsnet, and now airing on TSN2 . John Bartlett , who handled play-by-play for Canadiens games on Sportsnet East, also moved to TSN, but returned to Sportsnet
3913-529: The 21st century had poor quality phone service. Customers in northern Manitoba complained that the microwave system could not handle data communications (modem, fax) well. This, as well as the collapse of a microwave relay tower linking Churchill in early January 2000, lead MTS to initiate upgrades to the Radisson- Churchill corridor with fibre optics and the Lynn Lake - Thompson corridor with
4004-526: The American NHL national rights in 2021, the network added Ray Ferraro as one of its lead analysts (alongside former NBC talent Brian Boucher ). Ferraro continued to work on TSN's Maple Leafs broadcasts while appearing concurrently on ESPN until 2022. In June 2008, CTVglobemedia acquired the rights to " The Hockey Theme " after the CBC failed to renew its rights to the theme song. A re-orchestrated version of
4095-548: The American feed of the game (i.e. ESPN/ESPN2 ) if it didn't involve a Canadian team. Starting with the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs , TSN had third, fifth, seventh, and eighth choices of first-round series, third and fourth in the second round, and second in the Conference Finals. These changes allowed TSN to broadcast playoff games involving Canadian teams, such as at the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs , as TSN televised
4186-474: The Control Trust, announced he was unilaterally enacting a written shareholder resolution replacing five of the board's independent directors , and two days later convened a meeting at which the "reconstituted" board re-appointed him as chair of the board of Rogers Communications. The legality of the resolution has been disputed by the board members that were purportedly replaced, and by other members of
4277-541: The Government of Manitoba purchased the Manitoba assets of Bell Canada , the corporation was privatized in 1996. On March 17, 2017, Bell regained control of MTS after the Bell Canada group's holding company BCE Inc. closed its $ 3.9 billion acquisition of the provider and, for regulatory reasons, Bell divested approximately one third of MTS's wireless business (including subscribers and retail outlets) to Telus , and
4368-488: The Industry minister asked companies to implement an agreement in 60 days in which the companies will be able to help each other during an outage in one of their networks. As a result of the mentioned investigation, as well as scrutiny and criticism over the glitch and the company itself, some traders said the chances of a merger deal between Rogers and Shaw Communications dropped to nearly 62% on July 11, 2022 from 88% in
4459-795: The NHL announced that it had accepted Rogers' bid over TSN's to take over national cable rights, news sources such as the Toronto Star and the National Post speculated on where TSN's hockey personalities (such as James Duthie, Bob McKenzie, Darren Dreger, Chris Cuthbert, and Gord Miller) would end up. Initially, Rogers was only able to lure Dave Randorf and Mike Johnson among TSN's major personalities. However, Mike Johnson re-joined TSN in September 2017 after being terminated by Rogers Media on August 10, 2016, and would later make appearances on American television for NHL Network and NBC Sports. Despite getting offers from Rogers, Duthie instead signed
4550-531: The NHL is carried primarily by Rogers' Sportsnet group of specialty channels; Sportsnet holds an exclusive window for games played on Wednesday nights. Hockey Night in Canada was maintained and expanded under the deal, airing up to seven games nationally on Saturday nights throughout the regular season across CBC Television , the Sportsnet networks, Rogers-owned television network Citytv , and FX Canada . While CBC maintains Rogers-produced NHL coverage during
4641-623: The Rogers family. The CRTC approved the merger on March 24, 2022. In May 2022, the Canadian Competition Bureau requested an order from the Competition Tribunal blocking Rogers's takeover of Shaw Communications arguing that the deal would substantially lessen competition by eliminating Rogers' closest competitor in the wireless sector. It also requested an injunction to stop the cable companies from closing
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#17327983190674732-501: The TSN Jets feed would be discontinued, and that regional Jets games would be moved to the new TSN3 channel for the 2014–15 season. TSN's previous deal with the Canadiens ran from 2010 through 2014 . They were broadcast on a part-time TSN feed available to digital television services in the Canadiens home market, with Dave Randorf on play-by-play, alongside Dave Reid . Bell Media declined to renew its English-language rights through
4823-509: The ability to stream all of Rogers' national NHL telecasts, along with in-market streaming of regional games for teams whose regional rights are held by Sportsnet. GamePlus —an additional mode featuring alternate camera angles intended for a second screen experience, such as angles focusing on certain players, net and referee cameras, and a Skycam in selected venues, was also added exclusively for GameCentre Live subscribers who are subscribed to Rogers' cable, internet, or wireless services. In
4914-496: The balance of power in the country's broadcast industry as it drove up demand for Rogers Cable TV subscriptions. This transaction marked the first time a first-class North American-wide sports league has allowed all its national right to one company on a long-term basis. As part of the deal, Rogers also took over Canadian distribution of the NHL Centre Ice and GameCentre Live services. National English-language coverage of
5005-523: The board by Michael Cooper, Jack Cockwell, Ivan Fecan , Jan Innes, and John Kerr. On October 24, this re-constituted board re-appointed Edward Rogers as chair of the board. Despite the Supreme Court of British Columbia 's legal affirmation of the changes, they had been described as "invalid" by the three other Rogers family members on the company's board, as well as the replaced individuals. In November 2021, Tony Staffieri succeeded Joe Natale and
5096-453: The building. Initial communities to be set up with the new long-distance hardware included Boissevain, Deloraine, Dauphin, Kenton, Melita, Waskada, Lyleton, Tilston, Portage la Prairie, Pierson. A trial of Mobile radio-telephone service , a technology that was developed by AT&T, took place early in 1948. An earlier trial of wireless telephone service was conducted in northern Manitoba mining towns. At midnight on June 21, 1959, Winnipeg
5187-553: The city, TSN began broadcasting regional Winnipeg Jets games beginning in 2011 , under a 10-year media rights deal with Bell Media that also included radio rights for co-owned CFRW . Winnipeg Jets games not televised nationally by the NHL's national broadcast partners are broadcast by TSN3 , and are available in Manitoba, Saskatchewan , Nunavut , the Northwest Territories , and parts of Northwestern Ontario . Regional Jets games were previously carried by TSN Jets,
5278-489: The deal expected to close by the end of the year. However, on October 7, 2013, the Canadian government blocked the sale over national security concerns, declining to mention the specific concerns. In November 2014, Jay A. Forbes was appointed as CEO effective January 1, 2015. On November 23, 2015 it was announced that Allstream Inc would be sold to Zayo Group in a cash transaction deal worth $ 465 million. On May 2, 2016, BCE Inc. announced that it would acquire MTS in
5369-522: The deal until the application can be heard. After two years since it was first announced, Rogers' acquisition of Shaw Communications received the last regulatory approval from the Industry Minister, Francois-Philippe Champagne . To appease concerns over a lack of competition arising, Shaw will be required to sell off its Freedom Mobile wireless business to Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron for $ 2.85 billion. In addition, Rogers and Videotron agreed to
5460-612: The deal will maintain the presence of four competing wireless providers in Manitoba, with the fourth being a new entrant to the market. The acquisition closed on March 17, 2017; at this time, Dan McKeen (who led the integration of Bell Aliant into the company's national operations) was installed as the new head of the division, replacing the outgoing Jay Forbes. Along with the closure of the deal, Bell launched LTE service in Churchill, Manitoba . Bell stated that it intended to maintain MTS's existing wireless pricing structure for at least
5551-464: The details of a 12-year, C $ 5.2 billion partnership with the National Hockey League which began in the 2014–15 season . This gave Rogers the controlling stake for national broadcast and digital rights of the NHL and ultimately gave them the ability to stream all NHL feeds on all of their current platforms replacing both Bell Media and CBC Sports as the national broadcast and cable television rightsholders respectively. The effects of this deal shifted
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#17327983190675642-447: The following season. Soon after, long-time TSN talent Bryan Mudryk took over play-by-play duties. TSN owned the national cable rights to the NHL in Canada from 1987 through 1998 , after which what was then called CTV Sportsnet purchased the national cable rights to NHL games. Prior to this, TSN's NHL coverage was sparse as they only acquired games a la carte . From 1987–88 to 1997–98, they usually showed games twice per week through
5733-562: The former Bank of Montreal Building. The complex is now known as MTS Place . The MTS Long Distance Gateway is located in the J.F. Mills Building on Corydon Avenue near what is locally known as Confusion Corner . One of its functions is to transmit local television signals from Winnipeg to retransmitters throughout the province. However, since 2011 MTS no longer transmits CBC television and Radio-Canada television signals by satellite and since no longer performs this function for CTV as satellites and fibre-optic technologies have replaced. Bell MTS
5824-459: The late 1970s, similar to policy changes implemented by AT&T in the U.S., MTS allowed its customers to purchase their own telephone equipment and with this, provided free installation of RJ11 telephone jacks. In July 1979, MTS announced that it would be a pioneer in Telidon -based two-way electronic information services. The trial was called "Project IDA" and ran from 1980 to 1981. MTS
5915-458: The lead-up to the 2014–15 season, Rogers began to promote its networks as the new home of the NHL through a multi-platform advertising campaign; the campaign featured advertising and cross-promotions across Rogers' properties, such as The Shopping Channel , which began to feature presentations of NHL merchandise, and its parenting magazine Today's Parent , which began to feature hockey-themed stories in its issues. On May 28, 2014, Rogers announced
6006-544: The loss of TSN's national cable rights, TSN began to air 26 regional games per season, split with Sportsnet Ontario , and aired by TSN4 . On January 29, 2014, the Ottawa Senators announced a new, 12-year regional broadcasting deal with Bell Media that took effect in the 2014–15 season; TSN5 began to air regional Ottawa Senators games beginning in the 2014–15 season. The deal also included an extension of Bell's radio rights with CFGO , and French-language regional television rights for Réseau des sports . Upon their return to
6097-427: The mass outage and said it was trying to restore services. Rogers President and CEO Tony Staffieri issued an apology via Twitter about 17 hours after the start of the incident, acknowledging the issue to the public after a day of system outage. Staffieri acknowledged that the outage stems from a failed maintenance update. Rogers has offered credit as compensation for the outage. A report by Cloudflare suggested that
6188-499: The mid-1980s, MTS started a subsidiary known as MTX, which had invested in telecommunications in Saudi Arabia. However MTX was forced to shut down after controversy about the company back in Manitoba after MTX lost $ 27 million on the venture. In the late 1980s MTS launched MTS Mobility providing cellular and paging services in Manitoba after competitor Cantel was allowed to set up the cellular radio infrastructure and market
6279-481: The outage was due to internal, rather than external, causes. It identified spikes in BGP updates, as well as withdrawals of IP prefixes , noting that Rogers was not advertising its presence, causing other networks to not find the Rogers network. Cause of the outage or expected downtime was initially not revealed. The outage was later said to be caused by a maintenance upgrade that caused routers to malfunction, similar to
6370-569: The outage which occurred a year prior. On July 11, 2022, Canada federal government opened an investigation about the most recent outage and demanded telecoms companies to make communication protocols to keep customers better informed about possible disruptions. On the same day, Industry minister François-Philippe Champagne met the CEOs of Rogers, BCE Inc , Telus Corp , Shaw Communications Inc. , Quebecor Inc. 's Videotron Ltd., SaskTel and Bragg Communications Inc. 's Eastlink . During that meeting,
6461-405: The previous year's second quarter. In August 2018, Rogers launched Ignite TV, a new cable television platform. The platform is licensed from Comcast's "X1" platform. On March 15, 2021, Rogers announced its intent to acquire Shaw Communications for $ 26 billion, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. This proposed acquisition was criticized by public lobby groups like Open Media , as
6552-441: The province. MTS announced in late 1947 that it would modernize its long-distance equipment in both Winnipeg and Brandon, using Siemens Brothers Ltd. switching equipment, to better handle routing of automatic dialing of long-distance calls by telephone operators using the currently known Area Code system . To accomplish this, MTS needed to expand its Corydon Ave. long-distance switching centre by adding four additional storeys to
6643-466: The regional Leafs telecasts in the booth, with Glenn Healy serving as ice-level reporter from 2005 to 2006–07 season , when their deal expired, and from the 2007–08 season through 2013–14, every Maple Leafs game on TSN was broadcast as a national NHL on TSN game. Beginning in the 2014–15 season, owing to Bell Canada 's ownership stake in the Leafs' owner, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and
6734-494: The regular season and in the first round of the playoffs they provided extensive coverage of series not involving Canadian-based teams. TSN was the first ever holder of cable rights to the NHL in Canada, although the task of acquiring these rights were complicated by contradicting statements by CBC that it did own the cable rights to the NHL, along with the involvement of competing beer company Molson in Canadian NHL rights at
6825-451: The regular season and playoffs through a time-brokerage agreement with the company, Rogers assumes editorial control and the ownership of any advertising revenue from the telecasts. Citytv (and later Sportsnet) also airs a Sunday night game of the week, Rogers Hometown Hockey , which features a pre-game show originating from various Canadian communities. Sportsnet's networks also air occasional games involving all-U.S. matchups. Under
6916-634: The service before MTS. In 1996, the Provincial government of Premier Gary Filmon decided to sell the Manitoba Telephone System to private shareholders. The decision to privatize was seen as controversial, as it marked a significant departure from the Progressive Conservatives' earlier position that MTS should remain provincially owned. In January 1999, MTS partnered with Bell Canada to form Intrigna ,
7007-448: The structure of Sportsnet), allowing the network to air its regional NHL games on the main TSN feeds, still subject to blackout , rather than on part-time channels. With these changes, TSN will only broadcast regional NHL games for the foreseeable future; however, its regional coverage expanded in the 2014 season—while losing the Montreal Canadiens to Sportsnet, TSN added regional coverage of
7098-460: The studio. Mark Masters (Maple Leafs), John Lu (Jets) and Kenzie Lalonde (Canadiens) serve as in-arena hosts. Gord Miller does play-by-play for both Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators regional games. Mike Johnson primarily works Maple Leafs games while Jamie McLennan and Dave Poulin serve as colour commentators for a majority of Sens games. In some instances where both the Maple Leafs and Senators either play each other or were assigned
7189-472: The time (TSN was founded by its competitor, Labatt ). With the help of a Molson employee who was a friend of TSN's founder Gordon Craig, a deal was reached between TSN, Molson, and the NHL. TSN's most recent period as national rightsholder lasted from 2002 to 2014 . During this period, TSN usually televised three or four games per week during the regular season, with its flagship broadcast, Wednesday Night Hockey , airing on Wednesdays. In some cases, TSN took
7280-479: The tune, which had been the theme song of Hockey Night in Canada for forty years, has been used for hockey broadcasts on TSN and RDS since the fall of 2008. TSN announced on the September 24, 2008 edition of SportsCentre the debut date for the song. It began on October 14, when the Colorado Avalanche visited the Calgary Flames . Rogers Communications Rogers Communications Inc.
7371-483: The week earlier. Rogers CEO, Tony Staffieri, blamed the outage on the maintenance update, and offered a five day service credit to the customers as a sign of apology. Rogers Communications is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker "RCI". Following the death of Ted Rogers in 2008, control of Rogers Communications passed to the Rogers Control Trust,
7462-789: Was a pioneer in offering videotex at the commercial level. In 1981, it partnered with Infomart (then owned by the Torstar and Southam newspaper chains) to create the Grassroots service, providing information relevant to farmers on the Canadian prairies. Customers paid $ 47.50 per month to subscribe to Grassroots, plus connection fees to DATAPAC . Terminal equipment was manufactured by Norpak . They opened MTS Phone Centre stores in shopping malls to sell residential and business phones and services, and in 1984 opened two MTS Business Centre locations (Commodity Exchange Tower lobby and Empress St. office) to provide sales of business-level equipment. In
7553-832: Was also often part of the game-night crew, providing highlights and analysis with the telestrator . When TSN re-acquired the national cable rights to the NHL in 2002, Pierre McGuire was hired as its lead color commentator. After the 2011 NHL Draft , it was announced McGuire had taken a full-time position as a reporter for NBC Sports , effective as of the 2011–12 season. Pierre still makes occasional appearances as an analyst during TSN's hockey coverage and on TSN Radio . Other broadcasters used by TSN include play-by-play announcers Dan Shulman (1994–1998), Pierre Houde (1996–97), Vic Rauter (2002–2003), Dave Randorf (2002–2014) and Chris Cuthbert (2005–2020); and colour commentators Ryan Walter (1993–1998), Randy Gregg (1994–1995), Glenn Healy (2003–08), and Ray Ferraro (2008–2022). After
7644-400: Was appointed the new interim president and CEO. In January 2022, Staffieri was appointed to the position permanently. The senior corporate officers of Rogers Communications currently are: Assets and divisions of Rogers Communications include: In addition to its ownership of Sportsnet , acquired from CTV , Sportsnet One and Sportsnet World , Rogers Sports & Media operates
7735-514: Was extended when the arena became a National Hockey League venue in 2011. In February 2004, MTS sold its 40% stake in Intrigna to Bell Canada for $ 230 million. In April 2004, MTS acquired Allstream , the successor to the transcontinental railways' telegraph businesses. It renamed the main subsidiary to MTS Allstream Inc. until 2012, when it was split as MTS Inc. and Allstream Inc. On December 7, 2005, former BCE executive Pierre Blouin
7826-472: Was introduced in 2016. The bank offers three categories of credit card to Canadians: Fido Mastercard , Rogers Platinum Mastercard, and Rogers World Elite Mastercard. Manitoba Telecom Services Bell MTS Inc. (formerly Manitoba Telecom Services ) is a subsidiary of BCE Inc. that operates telecommunications services in Manitoba . Originally established as Manitoba Government Telephones after
7917-400: Was named chief executive officer of Manitoba Telecom Services and of MTS Allstream , replacing longtime CEO Bill Fraser. On March 31, 2011 MTS officially launched a HSPA+ wireless network along with the availability Apple's iPhone series of smartphones starting with the iPhone 4 . The wireless network had claims it would provide data speeds up to 21 Mbit/s. Also in 2011, MTS unveiled
8008-542: Was opposed by Edward's mother and sisters. Edward Rogers was then removed as chairman of the board, while remaining a board member, on October 21. However, a proposal to remove Edward as chair of the Rogers Control Trust, which holds the majority voting interest in Rogers Communications on behalf of the family, did not receive sufficient support from other members of the trust's advisory committee. The following day, Edward Rogers, in his capacity as chair of
8099-567: Was renamed as Rogers Sportsnet that November. The FAN 590 sports radio station joined Rogers Media in August 2001, along with 14 Northern Ontario radio stations. In fall 2004, several strategic transactions were executed that significantly increased Rogers exposure to the potential of the Canadian wireless market. Rogers acquired the 34% of Rogers Wireless owned by AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $ 1.77 billion. On December 2, 2008, Ted Rogers died of heart failure. In 2012, Rogers Cable filed
8190-546: Was the first urban area in North America to implement the 9-9-9 emergency telephone number . Also in the late 1950s, MTS located one of its administrative offices on Empress St. near the newly opened Polo Park Shopping Centre complex. In 2000 these employees were moved to 333 Main St., commonly known as MTS Place , where 1,500 employees now work. This formed part of the Province's Downtown First strategy. In
8281-495: Was working on radar when he died suddenly due to complications of a hemorrhage, at the age of 38. He left a widow, Velma, and a five-year-old son, Edward (known as Ted). While his business interests were subsequently sold, his son later became determined to carry on his father's legacy. In 1960, Ted Rogers Jr and broadcaster Joel Aldred raised money to found Aldred-Rogers Broadcasting in order to purchase CHFI , an FM radio station in Toronto. Aldred-Rogers Broadcasting also became
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