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Independent distributors say Bell-Astral would receive 37% of their carriage fees

News | 04/15/2013 8:50 pm EDT

Independent broadcast distributors say BCE Inc. has not addressed the CRTC's concerns about market power resulting from an acquisition of Astral Media Inc. and that BCE's share of all carriage fees paid by independent distributors would rise from 29 to 37 per cent if the Astral deal goes through.

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