Rhodes-Hughes recounted the Kennedy shooting and her initial contact with Melanson in a 1992 interview on "Contact, " a local TV program carried at the time in Vancouver by Rogers Cable.
Rogers decided to enter the cable business in 1974, becoming the first cable company in Canada to expand past 12 channels.
He's also sniffing around Quebecor, a television and newspaper conglomerate that recently outmaneuvered Rogers in a bid for cable operator Le Groupe Vidotron.
Rogers continued to expand his cable business quickly through the 1970s and in 1985 began to operate a national cellular telephone network in Canada.
Standing in the wings is Edward (Ted) Rogers, who has assembled Canada's largest wireless and cable franchise and is looking to acquire content.
Standing in the wings is Edward (Ted) Rogers, who has assembled Canada's largest wireless and cable franchise and is now looking to acquire content.
"This is a major opportunity for TiVo, the cable industry and television viewers alike, " said Tom Rogers, President and CEO of TiVo Inc.
While you can still buy a TiVo box at retail, Rogers notes that the company has been pushing its way into more deals with cable operators, and now has licenses with 9 of the 21 largest U.S. pay TV services.
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In her majority opinion, Judge Judith Rogers said the programmers' case faltered because they couldn't cite an example of a cable operator who isn't either already using all-digital operations or moving in that direction.
The shop was so jammed with reporters and photographers that he could barely squeeze past the displays of cell phones, pagers and interactive televisions that represent Rogers Communications' ambitions to remain a player in Canada's heated convergence of wireless, cable and content.
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