Canada will force TV stations offer individually - SiliconWeek

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change announced yesterday by the Minister of Industry Canada will mean major changes for providers of cable television and satellite in the North American country.

To date, as happens in Spain, Canadian users are forced to employ channel packages of cable or satellite, but soon change the landscape in the American country.

the Canadian government decided to do away with the practice that they consider detrimental to consumers, as they are forced to pay for channels they do not see.

ministry idea Industry leading James Moore is simple providers are forced channels to give users the option to hire them individually.

The truth is that there are some television channels in Canada that are offered under this model “a la carte” and analysts believe that U.S. companies could follow suit and offer their channels well.

For Spain, or Digital + or proposals from brands like Imagenio, Orange, Ono or the Galician R, allow to hire the individual channels and the user should always benefit from a package.

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