Rogers Video To Close 40% of Stores

Rogers Video will be closing 63 of their 156 Canadian stores by the end of January, according to the Toronto Star.

The company had reported a 46% reduction in revenue in October, having obtained $60 million in profits in the first three quarters of 2011 instead of $111 million in 2011. (Q3 2011).

Rogers had closed 20 video stores in 2010 and is currently revamping their stores in response to the market, to concentrate on smartphone and tablet sales. They had also closed their direct mail rental service, Rogers Video Direct, this month.

December 17th, 2011 1 Comment Consumer Information Rob McIntyre

Parliament May Be On Break….

But your local Member of Parliament‘s office should still be available to receive letters and emails in regards to the digital locks provisions in Bill C-11 and Lawful Access until Parliament resumes in late January.

Over 80 thousand Canadians signed the OpenMedia.ca petition against Lawful Access, including yours truly.

Please consider signing this petition. Thank you.

December 16th, 2011 Comments Off on Parliament May Be On Break…. Canadian Law, Consumer Information, Music Industry, Music Technology Rob McIntyre

Megaupload To Sue Universal Music ?

Billboard reports that the above commercial has sparked a lawsuit in-between Megaupload and Universal Music Group.

The file sharing service claims that Universal Music Group had filed a takedown notice with Youtube for copyright infringement to have this video removed.

“Let us be clear: Nothing in our song or the video belongs to Universal Music Group,” said MegaUpload CEO David Robb. “We have signed agreements with all artists endorsing MegaUpload.”

RIAA and the artists featured on the video could not be contacted for comment by Billboard by the printing of their article.

December 12th, 2011 Comments Off on Megaupload To Sue Universal Music ? Consumer Information, Music Industry, Music Technology Rob McIntyre

A Warning For Online Gamers

When purchasing virtual cash in an online game try to do it during business hours and read the official forums in regards to errors prior to purchasing anything.

I’ve purchased some last night for a game called Zombie Lane on Google+ last night and due to an in game error this virtual cash disappeared.

Unfortunately for me I did not read the forum posts regarding this known error. I usually do but didn’t this time. And now I’ve got to wait until Monday to get a response.

Argh!

December 11th, 2011 Comments Off on A Warning For Online Gamers Consumer Information, Random Bump Rob McIntyre

Attention Bell Customers

Bell has announced price “updates” on their home phone and internet services, effective January 1st, 2012.

click here for additional details

December 10th, 2011 Comments Off on Attention Bell Customers Consumer Information, Music Technology Rob McIntyre

Shipping Deadlines

The following stores have posted their shipping deadlines :

Click here for Canada Post‘s shipping deadline information and click here for free shipping offers for Canadians.

December 8th, 2011 Comments Off on Shipping Deadlines Consumer Information Rob McIntyre