Business
AT&T; Corp. and British Telecommunications said they will jointly buy 33% of Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. of Montreal for $934 million to add cellular services to AT&T;’s local and long-distance services in Canada.
Aug. 6, 1999
Archives
Rogers Communications Inc., Canada’s largest cable television company, said Tuesday that it sold its security alarm business to Protection One Inc., the second-biggest U.S. residential burglar alarm company, for an undisclosed amount.
July 1, 1998
Entertainment & Arts
Rogers Communications Inc. said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its U.S. cable television interests to KBL Cable Inc., a unit of Texas-based Houston Industries Inc., for $1.27 billion.
Aug. 10, 1988
Comcast Corp. said Sunday that it agreed to buy the cable television operations of Maclean Hunter Ltd. for $1.27 billion, giving further evidence of the ongoing consolidation sweeping the cable TV industry.
June 20, 1994
Sports
Ted Rogers, 75, founder of Canada’s largest cable television and mobile phone company and owner of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team since 2000, died Tuesday morning at his Toronto home, according to a statement by his company, Rogers Communications Inc.
Dec. 3, 2008
Maclean Hunter Accepts Revised Takeover Bid: Rogers Communications Inc. said the board of Maclean Hunter approved the revised offer at the last minute and will recommend it to shareholders.
March 9, 1994
Rogers Communications Inc., Canada’s No. 1 cable operator, agreed to buy Groupe Videotron, the third-biggest, for $3.4 billion to prepare for expected U.S. competition.
Feb. 8, 2000
Technology and the Internet
At Home Network said a group of investors, including Sun Microsystems Inc. and Motorola Inc., paid $48 million for about 4.5% of the closely held high-speed Internet access service, giving the company an implied market capitalization of about $1.1 billion.
April 17, 1997
California
Everett M.
Oct. 28, 2004
Once-dark picture improves for TiVo
Feb. 2, 2009