Rogers slams CRTC proposal to strip U.S. channels from basic cable packages: ‘It’s nuts’

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A proposal to take American channels out of basic cable is “nuts,” a Rogers Communications Inc. executive told the country’s top broadcast regulators Thursday.

At a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission hearing in Gatineau, Que. examining the future of television, Rogers representatives came out in favour of allowing customers to choose their own packages of channels on top of basic cable, but against the pure “a la carte” models and mandated stripped-down basic packages the regulator is proposing.

Phil Lind, executive regulatory vice-president and vice-chairman of Rogers, said he was particularly concerned about a proposal to take American networks out of basic cable packages.

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Claire Brownell – Financial Post – September 11, 2014.

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