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CanCon relief will help commercial radio compete with Spotify: Bell Media 

Briefs | 11/19/2020 5:40 pm EST
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Canadian content programming relief from the CRTC would allow BCE Inc.‘s radio stations to more effectively compete with streaming giants like Spotify AB, according to Bell Media’s senior vice-president of radio and local TV, Nikki Moffat. 

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