High Wire Act (eBook)

Ted Rogers and the Empire that Debt Built

Caroline Van Hasselt (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2008
544 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-15872-2 (ISBN)

Infos

There has possibly never been a more daring business figure in
Canada's history than Ted Rogers. Hailed by some as a
visionary with an incomparable insight, and equally loathed by
others as a ruthless opportunist, Ted Rogers relentlessly conquered
his rivals in three industries - radio, cable television and
cellular telephony. High Wire Act is an unprecedented,
in-depth analysis into how Ted Rogers, driven by the psychological
need to restore his family's name, leveraged his stake in a small
Toronto FM radio station and propelled it into a media and
telecommunications behemoth worth over $23 billion. The many topics
covered in the book include details on Rogers'...

* Unmatched ability to foresee the convergence of cable and
telephony before anyone else did

* Insatiable appetite for debt and risk taking, and how he bet
his company three times to carry out his vision

* Shrewd political and regulatory maneuvers that always kept him
one step ahead of his competitors and political adversaries such as
Bell and the Aspers

* Opportunistic acquisition of the Toronto Blue Jays



High Wire Act is a fascinating and one-of-a-kind look
into one of Canada's most audacious and visionary business
figures of the past fifty years. Every Canadian business reader
will be enthralled by this enduring success story of Canada's
only true telecommunications mogul.

Autor

Caroline Van Hasselt (Toronto, ON) is an awardwinning reporter with an almost 20-year career in journalism. She previously was Boston Bureau Chief for Bloomberg News and a reporter with the Financial Times of Canada. One of her notable achievements includes being the first to break the news of Royal Bank's ultimately failed merger with Bank of Montreal. In addition to being a journalist, Caroline has also worked as a senior investigator at Canada's foremost forensic accounting firm.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments v

Prologue: Not Your Average Cable Guy ix

Act One: Radio

Chapter 1: 3BP 3

Chapter 2: Club 405 19

Chapter 3: Rogers, Bassett and the BBG 29

Chapter 4: 680 Radio 45

Chapter 5: "The Hardest Fight of My Life" 63

Act Two: Cable

Chapter 6: The Cable Guy 81

Chapter 7: Enter Phil Lind, the Banks and the CRTC 95

Chapter 8: Predatory Strike 113

Chapter 9: Taking on America: Part I: Urban Oil Wells 135

Chapter 10: Taking on America: Part II: A Hell of a Marriage
157

Chapter 11: Taking on America: Part III: Hell on Wheels 169

Act Three: Wireless

Chapter 12: Cutting the Cord: The Birth of Cantel 199

Chapter 13: Twelve Months to Launch 233

Chapter 14: The Put 259

Chapter 15: Ownership Gambit 285

Act Four: Riverboat Gambler

Chapter 16: Unitel: Here We Go Again 297

Chapter 17: Blood Sport 319

Chapter 18: WAVE Good-Bye 337

Chapter 19: The Terrible Nineties 355

Chapter 20: Fido, Heel 383

Chapter 21: A Mug's Game 405

Chapter 22: The Five Final Years 427

Chapter 23: Are You Rogered? 453

Epilogue: Vindication 465

Appendix: A Ted Rogers Q&A 472

Endnotes 475

Partial Bibliography 509

Index 510

Rezensionen

"Ted was dreaming of convergence before anyone knew how to spell it.'' -- Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada (1984-1993)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.8.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Business & Management • Business & Management Special Topics • Spezialthemen Wirtschaft u. Management • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 0-470-15872-7 / 0470158727
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-15872-2 / 9780470158722