Rogers Communications Inc from TCE Standard
Rogers Communications Inc, controlled by the Edward S. ROGERS family, is one of the world's largest CABLE-TELEVISION holding companies, with subsidiary interests in radio broadcasting and entertainment services. Rogers Communications Inc operates several cable-television systems in Canada and the US, with over 1.9 million subscribers in Canada alone, and in both countries provides a variety of services including special programming, interactive television, and PAY-TELEVISION services. Its principal Canadian operations are located in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Toronto and southern Ontario.
RTL's other holdings include CFTR-AM and CHFI-FM in Toronto and stations in Sarnia and Leamington, Ont, and CFMT-TV also in Toronto.
In 1986 Rogers gained control of Cantel Inc, Canada's only national cellular telephone company. Rogers owns the Canadian Home Shopping Network and shares control of YTV, a specialty network of children's programming.
They are also partners with Canadian Pacific and American telephone giant AT&T in Unitel Communications.
Rogers completed one of Canada's largest and most complex corporate takeovers in 1994 with its $3.1 billion purchase of Maclean Hunter. With revenues of $2.25 billion in 1994, Rogers has grown into Canada's largest broadcasting operation.
Author PETER S. ANDERSON