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CRTC grills telecoms on skinny basic promotion, bundling

Media | 09/08/2016 1:01 am EDT

GATINEAU — A CRTC panel pressed Canada's largest TV service providers on whether they were doing enough to bring attention to new skinny-basic services, raising concerns that higher-tier services were receiving favourable treatment, on the first day of a hearing on skinny-basic implementation. The commission heard Wednesday from  Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron, Rogers Communications Inc., Shaw Communications Inc. and BCE Inc., who fielded questions on how they were faring with respect to implementing its skinny-basic rules, which came into effect on...