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Rogers, Shaw indicate different plans for IPTV, internet bundling

News | 10/20/2017 5:14 pm EDT
Shaw was the first major cableco to offer an X1-based IPTV service, BlueSky, which launched in January./ Screenshot via Shaw.

On the final day of the CRTC’s broadcast distribution licence hearing, Shaw Communications Inc. told commissioners it’s not planning to sell its IPTV service without a subscription to its internet service, while Rogers Communications Inc. said it would eventually be willing to do so.

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