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Jan 26, 2012 · In 1980, Rogers acquired control of two bigger cable companies, Canadian Cablesystems and Premier Cablesystems, catapulting Rogers Cable from its position as the sixth-largest cable company in Canada to the largest, with 1.3 million subscribers.
- Ted Rogers
Rogers Cable grew throughout the 1970s, becoming the first...
- Ted Rogers
In 1980, Rogers acquired Premier Cablevision and became the largest cable company in Canada. In 1986, Rogers Cable was renamed Rogers Communications; it established operational control over Cantel, a wireless telephone company in which Rogers had a stake.
Rogers closes its historic merger with Shaw Communications, becoming the largest cable company in Canada
Rogers Cable Inc. is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, primarily in Southern and Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.
In 1978 he made an aggressive move to bolster his company's position further when he acquired Canada's second largest cable company, Canadian Cablesystems Limited, in an unfriendly takeover. At the same time, Rogers began collecting cable franchises in the United States.
Although there were still over 2,000 cable systems in Canada, through mergers, amalgamations and acquisitions, several major companies had emerged as the largest suppliers of cable services in Canada. Among the largest were Rogers, Videotron, Shaw and Cogeco, and all were becoming diversified media conglomerates.
Jul 26, 2011 · Rogers Cable grew throughout the 1970s, becoming the first cable company to offer subscribers more than 12 channels. In 1979, Rogers became a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange when it acquired Canadian Cablesystems, a company nearly twice the size of Rogers Cable.
