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CRTC dismisses Bell complaint that Videotron Vrai HVOD service violates regulations

News | 05/30/2022 4:53 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau speaks at a media event in Montreal in August 2019./ Photo by Anja Karadeglija.

The CRTC has found that Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron did not contravene its regulations or video-on-demand exemption order, after BCE Inc. filed a complaint that the company was giving itself and advantage by offering its Hélix TV Vrai hybrid video-on-demand (HVOD) service at a lower price compared to its direct-to-consumer (DTC) version.

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