Rogers to Launch TV Everywhere

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Rogers Communications, Canada's largest cable operator, will launch an online on-demand service with 15 network partners on Nov. 17, Senior VP David Purdy said on a panel at the B&C/Multichannel News OnScreen Media Summit.rnThe Rogers On-Demand Online service, to be available for no additional charge to the operator's 2.3 mil-rnlion cable subscribers, will include content from Rogers-owned broadcaster Citytv and Rogers Sportsnet, as well as A&E, Bio and G4 Canada, according to Purdy. "We were trying to figure out how we could have an online video extension to our VOD product," he said.rnEventually, he added, Rogers, which is also the No. 1 Canadian wireless carrier, will also provide content to mobile devices: "It's truly going to be TV Everywhere in time."