Canadian Heritage committee  Right now we have a voluntary “notice and notice” regime. The copyright owner can send us a notice saying this particular IP address appears to be unlawfully taking some of our copyrighted material. We then send a notice to the customer telling them that they're infringing. Tha

Canadian Heritage committee  I can tell you that if we were still in the video distribution business, with the launch of satellite we'd be bankrupt today. But we've reinvented ourselves as an Internet company, and we provide telephone service. We're happy that customers find value in these services. So yes

Canadian Heritage committee  I find myself agreeing with you that a lot of the criticism of Canada's telecommunications sector is unfounded. I think we do have good services here at reasonable rates. But I think we need to have a forward-looking policy. The idea of foreign ownership restrictions is seen incr

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for that question. We are concerned, as many ISPs are, about the ACTA negotiations. It's supposed to be about counterfeiting, but it seems to have gone way past counterfeiting to being about ISPs and the downloading activities of our customers. We don't think ISPs sh

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, thank you for letting me put our view on that on the record, but I think.... First of all, I'm sorry to hear that you've heard negative comments about Rogers from your constituents. I can tell you that Ted Rogers always instilled in the company and in us the view that it h

Canadian Heritage committee  It's a very important question. If we don't solve that problem, the TV business all around the world will be in trouble. The most classic example is the record labels. They saw all of the music content basically not just put online, but stolen. So people are getting all of that c

Canadian Heritage committee  That is why we feel very strongly that what we're doing at Rogers will allow that to continue. People will still pay their $60 a month. They will get Rogers cable TV. They will be allowed to watch it on linear television, on video-on-demand, on the Internet, and on the cellphone.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, but the rest is all linked to the linear. It's all part of the same subscription. It lets people watch what they want when they want. But the content is created for the linear and regulated by the CRTC, so it will continue to be promoted.

Canadian Heritage committee  Of course you're right. Cable TV has a content component because we get to package, we get to price, we get to pick the channel they're on. Even telecommunications has a content component now, because people are using the telephone networks, the wireless networks, to download vid

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for that. I think there is, and the analogy I would draw is with the telephone network. A few years ago we heard that the telephone network was doomed; everyone was going to use voice over IP. They were going to make all their phone calls over the Internet. Sure enoug

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, members of the committee. I am Ken Engelhart, senior vice-president, regulatory, for Rogers Communications Inc. With me is Jeremy Butteriss, senior director, broadband entertainment, Rogers Cable. Rogers welcomes the opportunity to discuss de

Canadian Heritage committee  If Rogers succeeds in harnessing digital technology to modernize its cable television service, it means that the CRTC can continue to impose the Canadian content regulations it imposes today. These have served Canadian cultural industries well. For example, 55% of a television ne

Industry committee  I can assure you that Rogers is working on that. We just recently announced a deal with Thunder Bay Telephone, which is going to roll out our broadband service in a joint venture to much of northern Ontario. I'm not sure if it includes your riding, but we have other deals in the

Industry committee  Yes. The main advantage really is the cost of capital. It makes it much easier and much cheaper to obtain investment, and that's not just equity investment. It's true of debt as well, because if somebody loans you money, one of their questions is “What happens if you don't pay me

Industry committee  We have no interest in selling part or all of our company to foreign investors or others. The Rogers family has no current plans to do that. I'm not here advocating for or against liberalization. I believe Rogers will do well under either scenario.