A few weeks ago, Bell made an announcement. They had a “technical update.” That update blacked out the internet across Ontario, Quebec, and the entire Atlantic region. Two hours. No signal.
They said it was a glitch. But how many times have we forgiven them for outages like this?
I came to Canada in 1996. Back then, we still called it the SkyDome. It felt like a symbol of growth, of new beginnings. Today, it’s the Rogers Centre. The name changed quietly. No protest. No debate.
And it wasn’t just the stadium.
Bell owns CTV, TSN, Crave. Rogers owns Sportsnet, CityTV, OMNI. Even the radio, the news, the streaming apps—everywhere you look, it’s either Bell or Rogers.
You open your phone, they own your signal. You turn on the TV, they control the content. You check sports, they own the teams.
Bell and Rogers jointly own MLSE. The Leafs, the Raptors, TFC, the Marlies—all under one roof. One voice. One tone.
And when that signal drops, we notice right away. But when the stories start sounding the same, when the music and news blend into one voice—that loss is quieter.
No one complains when culture disappears.
We invited them into our homes. Into our phones. Into our memories. But with every name change, every blackout, every bought-out station, the question becomes louder:
Anjo Pallasigui
Kaninong Boses ang Naririnig Mo?
Anjology | by Anjo
A few weeks ago, Bell made an announcement. They had a “technical update.” That update blacked out the internet across Ontario, Quebec, and the entire Atlantic region. Two hours. No signal.
They said it was a glitch. But how many times have we forgiven them for outages like this?
I came to Canada in 1996. Back then, we still called it the SkyDome. It felt like a symbol of growth, of new beginnings. Today, it’s the Rogers Centre. The name changed quietly. No protest. No debate.
And it wasn’t just the stadium.
Bell owns CTV, TSN, Crave.
Rogers owns Sportsnet, CityTV, OMNI.
Even the radio, the news, the streaming apps—everywhere you look, it’s either Bell or Rogers.
You open your phone, they own your signal. You turn on the TV, they control the content. You check sports, they own the teams.
Bell and Rogers jointly own MLSE. The Leafs, the Raptors, TFC, the Marlies—all under one roof. One voice. One tone.
And when that signal drops, we notice right away. But when the stories start sounding the same, when the music and news blend into one voice—that loss is quieter.
No one complains when culture disappears.
We invited them into our homes. Into our phones. Into our memories. But with every name change, every blackout, every bought-out station, the question becomes louder:
Who controls your story now?
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