Cogeco
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Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian media and communications company. The name is an acronym for Compagnie Générale de Communication ("General Communications Company").
affiliate in Trois-Rivières
, CKTM-TV
. Later the company expanded with the creation of CKSH-TV
in Sherbrooke, a radio network and diversification in the cable television
industry. Until 2008, Cogeco co-owned the TQS network (now "V") with CTVglobemedia
, as well as eight television stations affiliated with both TQS and Radio-Canada. TQS and its five owned-and-operated station
s were sold to Remstar Corporation
, and the Radio-Canada affiliates were sold directly to Radio-Canada, in 2008. Cogeco is the largest cable company in Canada not owning any terrestrial TV outlets (Rogers Communications
owns Citytv
and Omni
, and also Quebecor-owned Vidéotron
also owns the TVA network
with several O&O stations and an independent station
in Toronto
).
Through its broadcast holdings, Cogeco Cable is a major cable television
distributor offering analogue and digital television, as well as high-speed Internet services and VoIP telephony. It is the second largest cable system operator in both Ontario
and Quebec
, (respectively behind Rogers & Vidéotron), and the fourth largest in Canada
.
Starting in 2006, Cogeco Cable began the process of overhauling their Ontario
& Quebec
-based Hybrid fibre-coaxial
physical plant networks to expand the total amount of bandwidth available. The ability to offer expanded 2-way bi-directional services such as High Definition
digital cable, High-Speed Internet and VoIP Digital Telephony and to improve network reliability is the driving force behind this upgrade.
After upgrades are complete, the Ontario
network will have 750 MHz of bandwidth and the Quebec
network will have 550 MHz of bandwidth. With this capacity, a total of 110 or 83 analogue channels (depending on the network) can be transmitted. Given that each analogue channel occupies 6 MHz of bandwidth, Cogeco utilizes the latest compression, multiplexing and modulation technologies to be able to transmit up to 13 Standard Definition TV signals or else up to 3 High Definition TV signals on each of these channels.
& Quebec
, 98% of all homes passed by Cogeco Cable-owned plant are able to access digital cable services, with 90% of homes passed also able to access digital video on demand
services. Currently, 93% of homes passed also have access to Cogeco Cable's 2-way bi-directional cable plant, giving customers the ability to enjoy high definition TV programming and high-speed Internet services.
Cogeco Cable utilizes Motorola
and Pace set-top box
es (STB's) for delivery of their digital cable services:
Standard Definition STB's:
High Definition STB's:
3.0 -compliant network to provide all of their Internet Protocol
(IP)-based services, such as Internet access and VoIP. To position itself as a leader in delivering broadband solutions to its customers, Cogeco Cable became actively involved in the DOCSIS program and was one of the first major cable operators to deploy a DOCSIS-based network.
Since April 2009, Cogeco has implemented a cost penalty for surpassing the bandwidth limits for each tier, for standard this is $1.50 per 1GB to a maximum of $30 monthly. Cogeco sometimes but frequently fails to e-mail a warning at 85% and 100% of their combined bandwidth limit. A three-month history is available online.
Since January 2010, Cogeco has offered a 50Mb/s download speed in select areas which takes advantage of the new DOCSIS 3.0 platform upgrades. This platform takes advantage of 4 downstream data carriers and a special DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem to provide top speeds in North America with capabilities of over 250Mb/s
In many areas, Cogeco maintains a de-facto regional monopoly on cable internet service.
and to the United States
, voice mail, call display, call waiting, visual call waiting, call forwarding, 411-directory assistance, 911-emergency assistance, 611-technical support assistance, 711-message relay services & 0-operator services.
As of October 16, 2006, 70% of all homes passed by Cogeco Cable plant are able to access this service.
, Toronto
's municipal electric utility. As of August 1, 2008, Toronto Hydro Telecom is now known as Cogeco Data Services.
, all its stations, except CJMF-FM, were part of the Adult Contemporary network, Rythme FM
.
Cogeco also owned the now-defunct CKO
radio network after acquiring AGRA
subsidiary Cybermedix in 1989; the network and its stations went dark in November of that year.
in Quebec, including its Corus Québec
group of stations and Montreal anglophone station CFQR-FM (since re-called CKBE-FM), pending CRTC approval. Cogeco will acquire these stations for $80 million, as these stations are less profitable to Corus than their stations in other parts of Canada. However, Cogeco must either apply with the CRTC for an exemption from the common ownership policy, or sell off some of these (or their own) stations as they will be over the maximum allowable number of stations in Montreal, Quebec City, and Sherbrooke.
The sale of the Corus Québec stations to Cogeco has been approved by the CRTC on December 17, 2010, on the condition that Cogeco-owned CJEC-FM
and Corus-owned CFEL-FM
and CKOY-FM (since re-called CJTS-FM) be sold to another party by December 2011. On November 9, 2011, it was announced that Cogeco would sell CFEL-FM and CJEC-FM to Leclerc Communication Inc., a company owned by Quebec City businessman Jacques Leclerc, owner of Laura Secord Chocolates
and Biscuits Leclerc.
The sale also included the transmitter sites and equipment in Kahnawake, which were previously used for CINF and CINW, before the stations closed down in January 2010; the sale excluded the licenses, as they were submitted to the CRTC for cancellation.
The sale did not include CKRS-FM in Saguenay
, which is being sold to a local company, Radio Saguenay.
The stations acquired were:
Cogeco's primary television venture is the TVCogeco
system of local community channels in markets served by Cogeco Cable. As of the sale of TQS, Cogeco no longer owns any conventional television assets. In 2008. Cogeco also sold its 20% interest in Canal Indigo
to Quebecor Media.
The five TQS O&Os
which were owned by Cogeco were acquired by Remstar as part of the TQS transaction:
Concurrently, Cogeco also sold its three Télévision de Radio-Canada
affiliates directly to the CBC:
History
Cogeco first entered the television business in the mid-1950s with the launch of a Radio-CanadaTélévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
affiliate in Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec...
, CKTM-TV
CKTM-TV
CKTM-DT is a television station in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. It is an owned-and-operated station of the Radio-Canada network in the Mauricie region.-History:...
. Later the company expanded with the creation of CKSH-TV
CKSH-TV
CKSH-TV is a television station in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. It is an owned-and-operated station of the Radio-Canada network in the Estrie region.-History:...
in Sherbrooke, a radio network and diversification in the cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
industry. Until 2008, Cogeco co-owned the TQS network (now "V") with CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...
, as well as eight television stations affiliated with both TQS and Radio-Canada. TQS and its five owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
s were sold to Remstar Corporation
Remstar Corporation
Remstar Corporation is a Canadian media corporation with operations in broadcasting, production and distribution. The company is based in Montreal, Quebec and was founded in 1998 by brothers Julien and Maxime Rémillard.-Assets:...
, and the Radio-Canada affiliates were sold directly to Radio-Canada, in 2008. Cogeco is the largest cable company in Canada not owning any terrestrial TV outlets (Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...
owns Citytv
Citytv
Citytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...
and Omni
OMNI Television
Omni Television, corporately styled as OMNI Television, is a Canadian television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications. It consists of the company's conventional television stations in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta which are licensed as multicultural stations...
, and also Quebecor-owned Vidéotron
Vidéotron
Vidéotron GP is a Canadian integrated telecommunications company active in cable television, interactive multimedia development, video on demand, cable telephony, wireless communication and Internet access services. Currently, the company primarily serves Quebec, as well as the francophone...
also owns the TVA network
TVA (TV network)
TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media...
with several O&O stations and an independent station
CKXT-TV
CKXT-DT was a broadcast television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and serving much of southern and eastern Ontario, owned by Quebecor Media through its Groupe TVA unit. At the time of the station's closure on November 1, 2011, the station was serving as an over-the-air simulcast of...
in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
).
Through its broadcast holdings, Cogeco Cable is a major cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
distributor offering analogue and digital television, as well as high-speed Internet services and VoIP telephony. It is the second largest cable system operator in both Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
and Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, (respectively behind Rogers & Vidéotron), and the fourth largest in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
& Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
-based Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Hybrid fiber-coaxial is a telecommunications industry term for a broadband network which combines optical fibre and coaxial cable. It was commonly employed globally by cable television operators since the early 1990s.-Description:...
physical plant networks to expand the total amount of bandwidth available. The ability to offer expanded 2-way bi-directional services such as High Definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital cable, High-Speed Internet and VoIP Digital Telephony and to improve network reliability is the driving force behind this upgrade.
After upgrades are complete, the Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
network will have 750 MHz of bandwidth and the Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
network will have 550 MHz of bandwidth. With this capacity, a total of 110 or 83 analogue channels (depending on the network) can be transmitted. Given that each analogue channel occupies 6 MHz of bandwidth, Cogeco utilizes the latest compression, multiplexing and modulation technologies to be able to transmit up to 13 Standard Definition TV signals or else up to 3 High Definition TV signals on each of these channels.
Digital Cable Television
Within their Canadian cable operations in OntarioOntario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
& Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, 98% of all homes passed by Cogeco Cable-owned plant are able to access digital cable services, with 90% of homes passed also able to access digital video on demand
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
services. Currently, 93% of homes passed also have access to Cogeco Cable's 2-way bi-directional cable plant, giving customers the ability to enjoy high definition TV programming and high-speed Internet services.
Cogeco Cable utilizes Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
and Pace set-top box
Set-top box
A set-top box or set-top unit is an information appliance device that generally contains a tuner and connects to a television set and an external source of signal, turning the signal into content which is then displayed on the television screen or other display device.-History:Before the...
es (STB's) for delivery of their digital cable services:
Standard Definition STB's:
- Motorola DCT700: Composite & Coaxial video outputs. RCA-stereo audio outputs. No analog tuner.
- Motorola DCT1700: Composite & Coaxial video outputs. RCA-stereo audio outputs.
- Motorola DCT1800: Composite & Coaxial video outputs. RCA-stereo audio outputs.
- Motorola DCT2000: S-Video, Composite & Coaxial video outputs. SPDIF, Dolby DigitalDolby DigitalDolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
& RCA-stereo audio outputs. Front LC display. - Motorola DCT2500: S-Video, Composite & Coaxial video outputs. SPDIF, Dolby DigitalDolby DigitalDolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
& RCA-stereo audio outputs. Front LC display. - Motorola DCT3080: S-Video, Composite & Coaxial video outputs. SPDIF, Dolby DigitalDolby DigitalDolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
& RCA-stereo audio outputs. Front LC display. Includes 80 GB hard drive for PVR functions. Dual-tuner. eSATA port for external storage. No analog tuner. Deployed only in Quebec. - Pace TDC575D: YbpPr Component, S-Video, Composite & Coaxial video outputs. SPDIF, Dolby DigitalDolby DigitalDolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
& RCA-stereo audio outputs. Front LC display. Includes a 80 GB hard drive for PVR functions. Dual-tuner. eSATA port for external storage. No analog tuner. Deployed only in Quebec.
High Definition STB's:
- Motorola DCX700: HDMIHigh-Definition Multimedia InterfaceHDMI is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It is a digital alternative to consumer analog standards, such as radio frequency coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, or VGA...
, YbpPr Component and Composite video outputs. SPDIF, Dolby DigitalDolby DigitalDolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
& RCA-stereo audio outputs. No analog tuner. - Motorola DCT6200: DVIDigital Visual InterfaceThe Digital Visual Interface is a video interface standard covering the transmission of video between a source device and a display device. The DVI standard has achieved widespread acceptance in the PC industry, both in desktop PCs and monitors...
, YbpPr Component, S-Video, Composite & Coaxial video outputs. SPDIF, Dolby DigitalDolby DigitalDolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
& RCA-stereo audio outputs. Front LC display. - Motorola DCT6208: DVIDigital Visual InterfaceThe Digital Visual Interface is a video interface standard covering the transmission of video between a source device and a display device. The DVI standard has achieved widespread acceptance in the PC industry, both in desktop PCs and monitors...
, YbpPr Component, S-Video, Composite & Coaxial video outputs. SPDIF, Dolby DigitalDolby DigitalDolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
& RCA-stereo audio outputs. Front LC display. Includes an 80 GB hard drive for PVR functions. - Motorola DCT6412: DVIDigital Visual InterfaceThe Digital Visual Interface is a video interface standard covering the transmission of video between a source device and a display device. The DVI standard has achieved widespread acceptance in the PC industry, both in desktop PCs and monitors...
, YbpPr Component, S-Video, Composite & Coaxial video outputs. SPDIF, Dolby DigitalDolby DigitalDolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
& RCA-stereo audio outputs. Front LC display. Includes a 120 GB hard drive for PVR functions. Dual-tuner. - Motorola DCT6416: HDMIHigh-Definition Multimedia InterfaceHDMI is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It is a digital alternative to consumer analog standards, such as radio frequency coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, or VGA...
, DVIDigital Visual InterfaceThe Digital Visual Interface is a video interface standard covering the transmission of video between a source device and a display device. The DVI standard has achieved widespread acceptance in the PC industry, both in desktop PCs and monitors...
, YbpPr Component, S-Video, Composite & Coaxial video outputs. SPDIF, Dolby DigitalDolby DigitalDolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
& RCA-stereo audio outputs. Front LC display. Includes a 160 GB hard drive for PVR functions. Dual-tuner. - Pace TDC777D: HDMIHigh-Definition Multimedia InterfaceHDMI is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It is a digital alternative to consumer analog standards, such as radio frequency coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, or VGA...
, YbpPr Component, S-Video, Composite & Coaxial video outputs. SPDIF, Dolby DigitalDolby DigitalDolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
& RCA-stereo audio outputs. Front LC display. Includes a 250 GB hard drive for PVR functions. Dual-tuner. eSATA port for external storage. No analog tuner. - Pace RNG200N: HDMIHigh-Definition Multimedia InterfaceHDMI is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It is a digital alternative to consumer analog standards, such as radio frequency coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, or VGA...
, YbpPr Component, S-Video, Composite & Coaxial video outputs. SPDIF, Dolby DigitalDolby DigitalDolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
& RCA-stereo audio outputs. Front LC display. Includes a 500 GB hard drive for PVR functions. Dual-tuner. eSATA port for external storage. No analog tuner.
Internet access
Cogeco Cable utilizes a DOCSISDOCSIS
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification is an international telecommunications standard that permits the addition of high-speed data transfer to an existing cable TV system...
3.0 -compliant network to provide all of their Internet Protocol
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite...
(IP)-based services, such as Internet access and VoIP. To position itself as a leader in delivering broadband solutions to its customers, Cogeco Cable became actively involved in the DOCSIS program and was one of the first major cable operators to deploy a DOCSIS-based network.
Since April 2009, Cogeco has implemented a cost penalty for surpassing the bandwidth limits for each tier, for standard this is $1.50 per 1GB to a maximum of $30 monthly. Cogeco sometimes but frequently fails to e-mail a warning at 85% and 100% of their combined bandwidth limit. A three-month history is available online.
Since January 2010, Cogeco has offered a 50Mb/s download speed in select areas which takes advantage of the new DOCSIS 3.0 platform upgrades. This platform takes advantage of 4 downstream data carriers and a special DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem to provide top speeds in North America with capabilities of over 250Mb/s
In many areas, Cogeco maintains a de-facto regional monopoly on cable internet service.
VoIP Digital Telephony
Cogeco Cable launched their Digital Phone service in June 2005, a VoIP-based telephony service offering customers unlimited local & long distance calling within CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, voice mail, call display, call waiting, visual call waiting, call forwarding, 411-directory assistance, 911-emergency assistance, 611-technical support assistance, 711-message relay services & 0-operator services.
As of October 16, 2006, 70% of all homes passed by Cogeco Cable plant are able to access this service.
Cogeco Data Services
On June 13, 2008, Cogeco acquired the Telecommunications division of Toronto HydroToronto Hydro
The Toronto Hydro-Electric System is the local distributor of electric power in the City of Toronto. In 2005 the utility served a peak load of over 5,000 MW and had nearly 600,000 residential and 70,000 commercial and industrial customers, and had around 1,600 employees. In 2005 the corporation...
, Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
's municipal electric utility. As of August 1, 2008, Toronto Hydro Telecom is now known as Cogeco Data Services.
Radio
Prior to Cogeco's acquisition of Corus QuébecCorus Québec
The Corus Québec network, previously known as the Radiomédia network as it used to be called until May 2005, was a French-language Canadian news/talk radio network serving most of Quebec...
, all its stations, except CJMF-FM, were part of the Adult Contemporary network, Rythme FM
Rythme FM
Rythme FM is a network of French-language adult contemporary FM radio stations broadcasting throughout most of the province of Quebec. They are owned and operated by Cogeco....
.
- MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
- CFGL-FMCFGL-FMCFGL-FM is a French language Canadian radio station located in Laval, Quebec, near Montreal. While the station's city of licence is Laval and its studios are actually in that city, it operates as a de facto Montreal station...
105.7 - Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
- CJEC-FMCJEC-FMCJEC-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec.Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 91.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 14,550 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 31,000 watts . The station's...
91.9 (sale pending) - Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
- CJMF-FMCJMF-FMCJMF-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec.Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 93.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 32,960 watts using an omnidirectional antenna. The station's transmitter is located at Mount Bélair.The station has an...
93.3 - Sherbrooke - CFGE-FMCFGE-FMCFGE-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Sherbrooke, Quebec. The station airs an adult contemporary format, and is part of the Rythme FM network which operates across much of Quebec...
93.7 - Trois-RivièresTrois-RivièresTrois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec...
- CJEB-FMCJEB-FMCJEB-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 100.1 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 43,050 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 81,100 watts .The station has an...
100.1
Cogeco also owned the now-defunct CKO
CKO
CKO was a Canadian radio news network which operated from 1977 to 1989. The CKO call sign was shared by twelve network-owned stations, as listed below....
radio network after acquiring AGRA
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
subsidiary Cybermedix in 1989; the network and its stations went dark in November of that year.
Acquisition of Corus Québec
On April 30, 2010, it was announced that Cogeco will acquire all radio stations owned by Corus EntertainmentCorus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment conglomerate.Corus is a leading Canadian specialty television and radio producer, with additional assets in pay television, advertising services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's...
in Quebec, including its Corus Québec
Corus Québec
The Corus Québec network, previously known as the Radiomédia network as it used to be called until May 2005, was a French-language Canadian news/talk radio network serving most of Quebec...
group of stations and Montreal anglophone station CFQR-FM (since re-called CKBE-FM), pending CRTC approval. Cogeco will acquire these stations for $80 million, as these stations are less profitable to Corus than their stations in other parts of Canada. However, Cogeco must either apply with the CRTC for an exemption from the common ownership policy, or sell off some of these (or their own) stations as they will be over the maximum allowable number of stations in Montreal, Quebec City, and Sherbrooke.
The sale of the Corus Québec stations to Cogeco has been approved by the CRTC on December 17, 2010, on the condition that Cogeco-owned CJEC-FM
CJEC-FM
CJEC-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec.Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 91.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 14,550 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 31,000 watts . The station's...
and Corus-owned CFEL-FM
CFEL-FM
CFEL-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec, but the station's official city of license is Lévis....
and CKOY-FM (since re-called CJTS-FM) be sold to another party by December 2011. On November 9, 2011, it was announced that Cogeco would sell CFEL-FM and CJEC-FM to Leclerc Communication Inc., a company owned by Quebec City businessman Jacques Leclerc, owner of Laura Secord Chocolates
Laura Secord Chocolates
Laura Secord is a Canadian chocolatier and ice cream company which was founded in 1913 by Frank P. O'Connor. It was named after the Canadian War of 1812 heroine Laura Secord. As of 2010, it has 125 retail outlets across the country....
and Biscuits Leclerc.
The sale also included the transmitter sites and equipment in Kahnawake, which were previously used for CINF and CINW, before the stations closed down in January 2010; the sale excluded the licenses, as they were submitted to the CRTC for cancellation.
The sale did not include CKRS-FM in Saguenay
Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City....
, which is being sold to a local company, Radio Saguenay.
The stations acquired were:
- GatineauGatineauGatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census...
- CJRC-FM (now CKOF-FM) - MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
- CFQR-FM (now CKBE-FM), CHMP-FMCHMP-FMCHMP-FM is a French language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec. Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 98.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 40,800 watts using an omnidirectional antenna....
, CKAC, CKOI-FMCKOI-FMCKOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 96.9 MHz from the roof of the CIBC Tower in Downtown Montreal with an effective radiated power of 307,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna... - Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
- CFOM-FMCFOM-FMCFOM-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec. While the station's official city of license is and always has been Lévis, its studios are now in Quebec City, and it identifies itself as a Quebec City station....
, CFEL-FMCFEL-FMCFEL-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec, but the station's official city of license is Lévis.... - Saint-Jérôme - CIME-FMCIME-FMCIME-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, about north of Montreal.Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 103.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 11,700 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 39,300...
- Sherbrooke - CKOY-FM, CJTS-FM
- Trois-RivièresTrois-RivièresTrois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec...
- CHLN-FM (now CKOB-FM)
Television
TVCogeco
TVCogeco is the brand of community channels owned by Cogeco Cable, many of which share common programs. TVCogeco broadcasts into the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Some channels broadcast in both the English and French languages, often on separate channels.Programming on the channels are...
system of local community channels in markets served by Cogeco Cable. As of the sale of TQS, Cogeco no longer owns any conventional television assets. In 2008. Cogeco also sold its 20% interest in Canal Indigo
Canal Indigo
Canal Indigo is a Canadian French language pay-per-view and Near Video on Demand provider owned by Vidéotron. The service launched on August 26, 1996.-Channels and content:...
to Quebecor Media.
The five TQS O&Os
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
which were owned by Cogeco were acquired by Remstar as part of the TQS transaction:
- MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
- CFJP (TQS) - Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
- CFAP (TQS) - SaguenaySaguenay, QuebecSaguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City....
- CFRS (TQS) - Sherbrooke - CFKS (TQS)
- Trois-RivièresTrois-RivièresTrois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec...
- CFKM (TQS)
Concurrently, Cogeco also sold its three Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
affiliates directly to the CBC:
- SaguenaySaguenay, QuebecSaguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City....
- CKTV (Radio-CanadaTélévision de Radio-CanadaTélévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
) - Sherbrooke - CKSH (Radio-Canada)
- Trois-RivièresTrois-RivièresTrois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec...
- CKTM (Radio-Canada)
External links
- Cogeco (mirror link: http://www.cogeco.com)
- CRTC chart of Cogeco's assets