The Rogers Building , located in Toronto , Ontario , Canada, is part of the corporate campus of Canadian media conglomerate Rogers Communications , as well as the home of most, but not all, of the company's Toronto operations.
13-459: Rogers Building can refer to: Rogers Building (Toronto) , Canada, the corporate head office of Rogers Communications Rogers Building (Victoria, British Columbia) , a historic site Rogers Building (Florida) , a historic site in Orlando, Florida Col. Matthew Rogers Building , Athens, Illinois Rogers Building (MIT) , the first building built for
26-476: A high definition feed simulcasting the standard definition feed. In July 2015, it was reported that Rogers was planning to sell The Shopping Channel, and had received bids from foreign broadcasters, such as Liberty Interactive (owner of QVC ). Interest had also reportedly been shown by HSN and Evine Live . The network could fetch at least $ 300 million, although due to CRTC policies, a foreign company would not be able to serve as majority-owner. In May 2017,
39-474: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rogers Building (Toronto) The facade walls of the postmodern building are light pink, with light green roof and light green window frames. Located at 1 Mount Pleasant Road / 1 Ted Rogers Way (formerly 777 Jarvis Street ), the complex occupies almost all of the block bounded by Jarvis, Bloor , Huntley and Isabella streets. Mount Pleasant Road divides
52-420: Is the latest addition to the complex, launching their new studios on April 30, 2008. Rogers-owned Toronto television stations CFMT-DT (OMNI.1), CJMT-DT (OMNI.2), and CITY-DT ( Citytv ) are based at 33 Dundas Street East , located at Victoria and Dundas streets. Rogers-owned specialty channels, including Viceland Canada and OLN , were based at 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West ; that location also housed
65-753: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Back Bay, Boston, and also a later replacement MIT building in Cambridge, Massachusetts Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rogers Building . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rogers_Building&oldid=655015076 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
78-559: The channel introduced a new logo and tagline, "Today's Shopping Choice". TSC also has several businesses and products associated with and integrated with the television channel. The only time that TSC does not broadcast live or tape-delayed product demonstrations is on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Sale broadcasts were replaced by Christmas scenes with holiday music in the background until 2008, but have been replaced since with TSC on-air personalities and celebrity guests sharing their Christmas memories. TSC usually ends live broadcasting for
91-561: The facility was planned and executed. Part of the facility's parking garage now occupies the location once used by the original studios of 100 Huntley Street . The Rogers Building was originally built as the new head office of the now defunct Confederation Life insurance company, which became insolvent in 1994. In 2002, the building received a major expansion. The company's cable television and magazine publishing operations, as well as its local radio stations (including CFTR and CHFI-FM ), operate from 333 Bloor Street East. Sportsnet
104-704: The master controls for its Toronto television stations. The Shopping Channel is based at a separate facility in Mississauga , Ontario . 43°40′11″N 79°22′46″W / 43.669788°N 79.37945°W / 43.669788; -79.37945 The Shopping Channel TSC (formerly The Shopping Channel ) is a Canadian discretionary service channel owned by the Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications . The channel showcases various products which viewers can purchase either by telephone or internet. As with most home shopping channels,
117-463: The new president. The Canadian Home Shopping Network was renamed to The Shopping Channel (TSC) in 2000. After adopting its current name, the channel commonly used the acronym "TSC", which had a stylized askew-square logo. Its use was cut back significantly after complaints from the hardware store chain Tractor Supply Company , which used a vaguely similar logo. In July 2011, TSC launched
130-486: The northwest corner of the block from the remainder of the site, but Rogers occupies separate buildings on both sides of Mount Pleasant which are connected by a bridge and a tunnel. Collectively, all of the interconnected buildings (in addition to nearby buildings at 333 and 350 Bloor Street East) are referred to as the Rogers Corporate Campus. Rogers acquired various parts of the block over time, as expansion of
143-547: The products are mainly aimed at a female audience, though some products target males as well. Products include those from such categories as fashion, beauty, home and garden, and electronics. Founded by Canadian entrepreneur John Goldberg, the channel went on the air on January 15, 1987 as the Canadian Home Shopping Network (CHSN), under the umbrella of the Canadian Home Shopping Club (CHSC), and
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#1732844592202156-480: Was affiliated with the U.S. Home Shopping Network (HSN). The channel was exempted from licensing by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), but for several years this was on the condition the channel not use live motion video to demonstrate its products. Animated graphics could be used, but otherwise CHSN was limited to a slide-show format with voice-overs. This restriction
169-418: Was lifted in 1995. The first on-air host was Sandi Hall. Hosts from the first year included "Bargain" Bill Allison (husband to Betty-Jean Allison, also a former host), Mike Banks, Craig Hamilton (Stash Cairo), Alexandra Elliot (Martha Zidel) and Rosemary Frasier, Hugh Wilson, and Steve Oatway. In January 1988, Rogers Communications acquired the organization from John Goldberg. Rogers then installed Simon Dean as
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