Carriers

Bell Media has secured the exclusive rights to Saturday Night Live, moving the longstanding sketch comedy series to CTV and Crave starting this fall. Previously, Corus had the rights and it was broadcast on Global. The deal with NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution brings the show’s 52nd season to a new home in Canada, where it...

Freedom Mobile has shifted into playoff mode with a new TV promo targeting sports fans just in time for the Stanley Cup Playoffs (which start on April 18). The company is now offering a combined TV package for $29 per month that includes both TSN and Sportsnet. The $29 price point is the Starter TV...

Bell’s prepaid brand Lucky Mobile has again tweaked its plans list, this time bumping up its $25 plan to now have 25GB of data. The change was made on April 11 and comes just three days after Lucky Mobile revamped its plans. Here are Lucky Mobile’s plans as of Saturday, April 11, 2026: $19/500MB $21/1GB...

Rogers has quietly bumped up the cost of its roaming travel passes, affecting travellers heading to Europe, Asia, and several other international regions. The changes, which appear to have rolled out this month, see some 30-day passes climbing by as much as $10 compared to rates observed by iPhone in Canada in December 2025. The...

Telus-owned prepaid brand Public Mobile has revamped its 5G plans on Friday afternoon, in what appears to be a move to try to match Freedom Mobile. Freedom Mobile brought back a $35/80GB global roaming plan, and now Public Mobile is offering the same pricepoint with a plan that’s only available in Canada. Here are Public...

Yesterday we told you Freedom Mobile revamped its wireless plan pricing (twice in a day), and now we’re seeing the carrier extend its latest promo plan. On Thursday, a one-day $35/80GB plan with 1GB of Roam Beyond data appeared in the plan list, with a label that said it was ending on April 9, 2026....

Prepaid brand Fizz has revamped its mobile plans today, increasing data buckets while also lowering pricing on its top 5G plan. Here are the 4G and 5G plans from Fizz as of April 10, 2026: $22 talk and text 4G $24/2GB (was $23/1GB) 4G $25/20GB (was 2GB) 4G $29/35GB (was 10GB) 4G $35/60GB (was 50GB)...

Rogers is making some big changes to its credit card rewards program later this year, introducing annual spending caps that will lower cashback rates for many cardholders. Starting August 4, 2026, Rogers will debut tiered rewards for the Rogers Red Mastercard, Rogers Red World Mastercard, and Rogers Red World Elite Mastercard. Once a cardholder hits...

Expect to see a lot more red the next time you fly out of Toronto. Rogers and Toronto Pearson have inked a new long-term deal making Rogers the exclusive telecom partner for Canada’s busiest airport. The multi-year agreement means major changes for the 47 million passengers passing through the terminals every year. It’s not just...

The Canadian telecom landscape is facing a major shake-up as Quebecor aggressively targets the high-margin revenue of the country’s biggest players, and we’ve seen this through the likes of $40 global roaming plans from its subsidiary Freedom Mobile. In a recent interview with BNN Bloomberg, David McFadgen, managing director of institutional equity research at ATB...

Bell Media's TSN+ is increasing its subscription prices for Canadian sports fans starting on April 14, 2026. The shift follows a trend of rising streaming costs across the country, with both monthly and annual plans seeing a jump in price. Starting next week, the monthly TSN+ streaming subscription will move to $29.99 per month, up...

Rogers is moving deeper into the payment processing market with the launch of its Red Partner program, a new setup that bundles point-of-sale hardware with credit card incentives. The goal is to entice small business owners to switch their payment processing to Rogers by offering lower transaction fees and a way to lure in Rogers...