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FX is a Canadian English-language television channel majority owned by Rogers Sports & Media, a division of Rogers Communications (which owns a controlling 66.64% interest and serves as managing partner), with a minority stake held by the FX Networks subsidiary of Disney General Entertainment Content (which owns the remaining 33.36%). based on the U.S. cable network of the same name, FX is ...
Rogers TV (stylized as Rogers tv) is a group of English-language community channels owned by Rogers Communications. Many of these channels share common programs. Rogers TV broadcasts in the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario. Rogers TV is available only in communities served by Rogers' cable and telecom ...
Rogers Bank (French: Banque Rogers) 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. [ 80 ]
Rogers acquired a minority interest in the web-based video production firm Vuguru in 2009. [6] In 2010, Rogers received CHST-FM in London, Ontario, from CTVglobemedia. [7] In 2011, Rogers announced a partnership with FX Networks to launch a Canadian version of FX. The channel was launched as FX Canada on October 31, 2011, with FX Networks ...
The remaining 10% of subscribers are served by smaller, regional providers, mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), and resellers. [2] Regional providers own and operate transmission facilities that cover a limited area and rely on partnerships with national service providers to connect their customers across Canada.
Sportsnet was approved by the CRTC in September 1996 under the tentative name S3, with Baton Broadcasting Inc. (later renamed to CTV Inc.) holding a 40% controlling interest in the network, and 20% minority stakes held by Rogers Media and Liberty Media (in turn a spin-off of TCI, an American cable-television group).
Rogers Communications was established in 1967 and grew into one of Canada's largest media conglomerates. His father, Edward S. Rogers Sr., is regarded as the founder of the company, although the radio station that he established, CFRB , is now owned by another Canadian company and competitor, Bell Media .
The chain was in the process of acquiring other companies to bolster its wholesale operations in music and home video, leading to its purchase of ROW on June 11, 2001. [10] Its vice president of operations, Darren Throop , had joined the company after CD Plus acquired his Nova Scotia-based record store chain Urban Sound Exchange.