Rogers Media Inc is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., which owns Canada's largest publishing company, Rogers Publishing Limited, which has more than 70 consumer and business publications. Rogers Media Inc. also owns 51 radio stations, and several television properties including Citytv, OMNI Television, Rogers Sportsnet, The Shopping Channel and several speciality channels. A subsidiary, in business, is an entity that is controlled by another entity. ... Rogers Communications Inc. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... The entrance section of the CFMT building The CFMT Building at Bathurst Street and Lakeshore Blvd West. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... Rogers Communications Inc. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... Rogers Communications Inc. ... Citytv is an English language privately owned television system in Canada. ... OMNI Television is a Canadian television brand owned and operated by Rogers Communications. ... Sportsnet redirects here. ... The Shopping Channel is a Canadian cable television home shopping channel. ...

History

Rogers Media was created in 2006 to manage all television station and specialty channels, radio stations and publishing assets. The division is split into two areas:

• Broadcasting (television and radio)
• Publishing (magazines and directories)

Rogers Media holds Rogers Communications radio and television broadcasting operations, as well as the consumer and trade publishing operations, other television properties and the Toronto Blue Jays and Rogers Centre. Rogers Media also produces content and conducts e-commerce over the Internet relating to many of its individual broadcasting and publishing properties. Major league affiliations American League (1977–present) East Division (1977–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 42 Name Toronto Blue Jays (1977–present) Other nicknames The Jays Ballpark Rogers Centre (1989–present) Formerly named SkyDome (1989-2005) Exhibition Stadium (1977-1989) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1992 â€¢ 1993 AL... Rogers Centre logo Rogers Centre, formerly known as SkyDome, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toronto, Ontario, situated next to the CN Tower near the shores of Lake Ontario. ...

The group has 51 radio stations across Canada, (42 FM and 9 AM radio stations); the Citytv network in 5 cities, two multicultural television stations in Ontario in OMNI 1 and OMNI 2. It also hold a multicultural television station in Vancouver Channel M. Rogers Media also manages a specialty sports television service licensed to provide regional sports programming across Canada as Rogers Sportsnet, and Canada’s only nationally televised shopping service, The Shopping Channel. Through Rogers Sportsnet, Media also holds 50% ownership in Dome Productions, a mobile production and distribution joint venture that is a leader in high-definition television (HDTV) production and broadcasting in Canada. The Broadcasting division also owns The Biography Channel, and holds minority interests in several Canadian specialty television services, including Viewers Choice and OLN, and holds a majority interest in G4techTV Canada. Citytv is an English language privately owned television system in Canada. ... OMNI Television is a Canadian television brand owned and operated by Rogers Communications. ... CHNM is an independent television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... Sportsnet redirects here. ... The Shopping Channel is a Canadian cable television home shopping channel. ... The Biography Channel Canada is a Canadian category 1 digital cable television channel. ... For the U.S. pay-per-view service previously known as Viewers Choice, see In Demand. ... OLN (Outdoor Life Network) is a Canadian cable television specialty channel. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

Media’s Publishing group (“Publishing”) publishes more than 70 consumer magazines and trade and professional publications and directories in Canada.

In addition to its organic growth, Media expanded its business in 2006 through the following initiatives: by launching the Canadian edition of Hello! magazine and Chocolat; the launch of OMNI 11 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the acquisition of Canadian Parents Online, and the increased ownership of The Biography Channel and G4TechTV Canada, to 100% and 66.67%, respectively. For other uses, see Hello (disambiguation). ... This article is about the 1999 novel. ...

Broadcasting

Rogers Broadcasting operates 51 Canadian radio stations, (36 FM and 10 AM radio stations) including three FM stations launched in the Maritimes in October 2005; OMNI Television, which operates two multicultural television stations in Ontario (OMNI.1 and OMNI.2); Citytv; which operates 5 stations in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver; Rogers Sportsnet, a specialty sports television service licensed to provide regional sports programming across Canada; The Shopping Channel, Canada's only nationally televised shopping service, The Biography Channel Canada, acquired outright in August 2006 when Rogers bought out the 40% stake owned by Calgary's Shaw Communications and A&E Television Networks' 20% ownership.[1] and a majority and managing interest in G4techTV Canada, a technology themed digital channel. Citytv is an English language privately owned television system in Canada. ... Sportsnet redirects here. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

Rogers also is a partner in TVtropolis and Viewers Choice. Rogers also is a non-managing partner in OLN, although on November 16, 2007, it was announced that Rogers will be acquiring 100% interest in the service from the remaining interest holders, CTVglobemedia and Comcast. TVtropolis is a Canadian cable television specialty channel devoted to hit television series and television pop culture programming. ... For the U.S. pay-per-view service previously known as Viewers Choice, see In Demand. ... OLN (Outdoor Life Network) is a Canadian cable television specialty channel. ... is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

Some of the better known radio outlets are CHFI Toronto, CJCL Toronto (The FAN 590), CFTR Toronto (680 News), and various stations operating under the Jack FM brand. In summer 2006, Rogers acquired five stations from OK Radio in Alberta and, with regulatory approval, will be operating in Edmonton, Fort McMurray and Grande Prairie. Existing clusters of stations are in Vancouver-Victoria-Whistler, Calgary-Lethbridge, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Kitchener and Halifax-Moncton-Saint John, NB. Rogers Media also operates as Canada's third-largest radio broadcaster (after Astral Media and Corus). Astral Media Inc. ... In Roman mythology, Corus was the personification of the northwest wind. ...

In 2007, Rogers entered a tentative deal to purchase the A-Channel stations, CKX-TV, Access Alberta, Canadian Learning Television and SexTV: The Channel from CHUM Limited, as part of the latter company's pending takeover by CTVglobemedia. On June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved the CTV transaction of CHUM, but it added a condition that CTV must divest itself of Citytv rather than A-Channel, effectively voiding the deal. On June 12, it was announced that Rogers had made a new offer of $375 million for the Citytv stations. On June 28, Rogers further 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 of 2007 Rogers has also applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to acquire 20 per cent interest of CablePulse 24, a local news channel in Toronto which shares the same staff and resources from Citytv Toronto both stations were previously owned by CHUM Limited, but CTVglobemedia retained ownership of CP24 on the June 8th CRTC's licence approval of CHUM purchase. ^[1] However in early December, CTV withdrew the application and announced that Rogers Media and CTVgm had come to a deal in which Rogers waived their 20 per cent stake. A-Channel, previously known as the NewNet, is a Canadian English language privately owned television system owned by CTVglobemedia. ... CKX is a television station in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, affiliated with CBC Television. ... CJAL is an educational television station in Edmonton, Alberta branded as ACCESS, Albertas provincial educational broadcasting service. ... Canadian Learning Television (CLT) is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel. ... This article is about the history of the CHUM Limiteds former assets, for the current ownership see CTVglobemedia. ... “Baton Broadcasting” redirects here. ... “Baton Broadcasting” redirects here. ... Citytv is an English language privately owned television system in Canada. ... The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, in French Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) was established in 1968 by the Canadian Parliament to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. ... CablePulse 24 (commonly known as CP24) is a 24 hour Canadian cable television specialty news channel. ... Citytv is a system of two English language television stations in Canada, CITY in Toronto and CKVU in Vancouver. ...

Publishing

Rogers Publishing Limited publishes more than 70 consumer magazines and trade and professional publications, digital properties and directories in Canada, including Maclean's, Canada's weekly newsmagazine; its French-language equivalent, L'actualité; Chatelaine; Flare; and a variety of other magazines and their companion web sites. The publishing arm was once part of the Maclean Hunter Publishing empire.

References

1. ^ CRTC application 2007-12

External links

• Rogers Main Website
• Rogers Publishing