TORONTO, July 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beanfield, a local and independent telecom in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Ottawa, with over 450 employees, has appointed Rizwan Jamal as its Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. David Pistachio, Chair of Beanfield’s Board, said, “We are thrilled to have a telecom leader of Rizwan’s experience join the Beanfield team. Our belief in this company and its bright future continues to grow. We are confident that Rizwan’s vision and track record is exactly w ...

Vivek Vishwakarma A great way to reduce risk in one’s portfolio is to own a basket of stocks. While it’s easy to simply buy a lot of stocks, one must also consider valuation risk. For example, a portfolio may have 20+ or so stocks, but if all of them are overvalued tech and growth stocks, then a sector downturn would have a broadly negative effect over the portfolio. That’s why I prefer to have a good mix of value stocks that pay dividends in various industries. That’s because no matter how sure one is ...

MONTRÉAL, July 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) has received notice of an unsolicited mini-tender offer made by TRC Capital Investment Corporation (TRC Capital) to purchase up to 2,500,000 BCE common shares, or approximately 0.3% of the company's outstanding common shares, at a below-market price of C$43.40 per share. BCE does not endorse this unsolicited offer, has no association with TRC Capital or its offer, and recommends that shareholders do not tender their shares to this unsolic ...

MONTRÉAL, June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) will hold its second-quarter 2024 results conference call with the financial community on Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 8:00 am eastern. Participants will include Mirko Bibic, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Curtis Millen, Chief Financial Officer. Media are welcome to participate on a listen-only basis. To participate, please dial toll-free 1-844-933-2401 or 647-724-5455. A replay will be available until midnight on September 1, ...

文章核心观点 - BCE Inc的子公司Bell Media宣布以4.1亿加元现金收购OUTFRONT Media Inc加拿大业务[1][2][3][4] - 这笔交易将进一步巩固Bell Media在户外广告领域的地位,扩大其数字和传统户外广告资产组合[4] - 这笔交易将有助于OUTFRONT Media通过降低财务杠杆来增加财务灵活性,并专注于其在美国的业务[3] 公司概况 - Bell Media是BCE Inc的子公司,管理着CTV、RDS、Crave、Discovery和Animal Planet等热门媒体品牌[5] - Bell Media在加拿本地电视、广播新闻、体育和娱乐节目以及其他原创电视和电影制作方面有大量投资[5] - 在上一个季度,Bell Media收入为7.25亿加元,同比下降7.1%,主要由于订阅收入下降[5] - BCE总收入为60.11亿加元,同比下降0.7%,主要由于产品和服务分部疲软[6] 行业概况 - OUTFRONT Media是一家总部位于纽约的知名户外广告公司,在美国25个最大市场和150个市场提供广告设施和场地[2] - 该公司通过出售加拿大业务获得额外的财务灵活性,以降低其资产负债表的财务杠杆[3]

BCE Inc’s (BCE) subsidiary Bell Media recently collaborated with TikTok to unveil Pulse Premiere in Canada.This innovative advertising solution empowers brands with the ability to exercise control and predictability in selecting the placement of their ads, ensuring they appear alongside preferred publisher partner content on TikTok's “For You feed”, thereby unleashing opportunistic scopes to engage with dynamic audiences and enhance brand exposure.Advertisements will be strategically placed next to trending ...

MONTRÉAL, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Bell Canada (Bell) today announced the filing of a prospectus supplement to a short form base shelf prospectus dated May 9, 2024 with the various securities regulatory authorities in all provinces of Canada to renew Bell's MTN program. The MTN program will enable Bell to offer MTN Debentures from time to time until June 9, 2026. The MTN Debentures will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). Consistent with past practice, the MTN program wa ...

MONTRÉAL, May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) today announced that shareholders voted in favour of all items of business put forth by BCE at the company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders today, including the election of the Directors by a majority of the votes cast by shareholders present or represented by proxy: Nominee Votes For % For Votes Against % Against  Mirko Bibic 321,866,540 98.73 % 4,137,464 1.27 % Robert P. Dexter 321,368,463 98.58 % 4,638,077 1.42 % ...

For the quarter ended March 2024, BCE (BCE) reported revenue of $4.46 billion, down 0.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.53, compared to $0.63 in the year-ago quarter.The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.21% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.47 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.53, the company has not delivered EPS surprise.While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Stree ...

分组1 - 公司在动态的竞争环境和疲软的经济中有效地管理业务,实现了符合内部计划的运营业绩 [5][6] - 公司专注于日常执行,为客户提供服务,以盈利的方式增加订阅用户,并谨慎管理成本 [27] - 公司在无线业务方面实现了较好的平衡,体现在毛利率扩张和用户增长方面 [7][8][17][18] - 公司在企业业务方面持续投资新的IT产品和服务,加快了云化、安全和自动化管理等增长领域的能力建设 [11][12][13] - 公司的媒体业务相对同行表现较好,得益于领先的资产和对直播体育内容的关注,以及数字广告业务的快速增长 [14][15][16] 分组2 - 公司在有线宽带业务方面实现了较好的用户增长,尤其是在魁北克省 [19][20][21][73] - 公司的IPTV业务也保持了良好的增长势头,得益于光纤宽带的拉动以及内容分发策略 [21] - 公司的总体财务表现符合年初的指引,调整后EBITDA和利润率均有所提升,体现了成本管控的成效 [29][30][31][32] - 公司的资产负债表健康,流动性充足,为未来发展提供了良好的财务支持 [42][44] - 公司调整了内部杠杆目标,从2-2.5倍提高到3倍,以更好地反映公司的规模和实力 [44] 问答环节重要的提问和回答 问题1 **Tim Casey 提问** 询问公司在本季度的利润率表现,以及未来成本节约措施的影响 [50] **Mirko Bibic 和 Curtis Millen 回答** 公司在本季度利润率表现良好,主要得益于数字化转型和成本管控措施,未来随着人员精简计划的逐步实施,成本节约效果将逐步体现 [51][52][53][54][55] 问题2 **Maher Yaghi 提问** 询问无线业务的客户流失率上升对公司利润的影响,以及在魁北克市场的表现 [59] **Mirko Bibic 回答** 公司客户流失率上升确实是一个值得关注的问题,但公司将通过聚焦优质用户、家庭套餐捆绑等策略来管理,在魁北克市场,公司的光纤宽带业务表现尤为出色 [61][62][63][70][71][73] 问题3 **David Barden 提问** 询问公司对2024年无线ARPU增长预期的下调,以及调整内部杠杆目标的原因 [76] **Mirko Bibic 和 Curtis Millen 回答** 公司无线ARPU增长预期下调,主要反映了当前加剧的价格竞争环境,但公司将通过聚焦优质用户和家庭套餐来应对 [77][78][79][80][81] 公司调整杠杆目标至3倍,是基于公司规模和实力,以及年金盈余的变化而做出的审慎决定 [80][81]