Cool news from Canada
From the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:
CRTC ruling favours more choice in TV bundles
Customers frustrated with paying for television channels they don't want can expect more flexible packages in light of a new ruling by Canada's broadcast regulator, though exactly how it will work has not been stated.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ruled in favour of proposals made by Bell Media and Telus Corp. to adopt a more flexible TV package model.
"In this decision, one of our main criteria was flexibility and innovation in the packaging," said Denis Carmel, a spokesman for the CRTC.
Carmel said that while individual channels may cost more under the new model, consumers' bills may go down because they will be paying for fewer channels.
I would so love for this to be implemented in the USA. I am tired of subsidizing channels I do not watch. I would love to select the 20 channels that I do watch with regularity and just pay for them. I strongly suspect that the cable box is already able to do this (block unsubscribed channels).
Posted by DaveH at July 21, 2012 9:06 PM