And now, for something completely different.
From CBC News:
About 200,000 Canadians cancelled their TV subscription last year, but the industry managed to offset that loss by charging their remaining customers more for their service.
That's one of the main takeaways from a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission report Wednesday that looks at the financial health of Canadian cable television, IPTV and satellite television companies.
The broadcast regulator says the overall number of TV subscribers dipped from 11.4 million in 2014 to 11.2 million in 2015. Upstart Internet Protocol television companies — such as VMedia, Primus, Zazeen and ViaNet TV — saw double-digit increases in their customer numbers during the year compared with the previous year.
But those small increases on the margins weren't enough to offset deeper cuts at conventional cable and satellite television companies.That's not a sustainable business model, guys. Just saying.
In order Canadian cable TV news, Bell Media is finally planning to give otherwise law-abiding Canadians some reasonable way to watch Game of Thrones without having to pirate it. Kinda.