| For George Burger: ie. Stop the Bell Astral Deal-Help Wanted
For George Burger |
 Stop the Bell Astral Deal-Help Wanted (non-reg'd people can't reply to topics more than 2 weeks old). But here is something you may like, which is in continuation of the hearing you were at and the topic you created.
For those who don't know about Bell not a providing content to IPTV competitors (contrary to George Copes quote in the picture above), check out the link given above.
I wonder if people will really believe that shill and bullsh*t website Bell put up?
Source of the screen capture:
»www.canadiansdeservemore.ca/ |
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| dude, let the regulators do their job. if they want bce to buy astral media, then let it be done. |
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 PaoloMr. Wireless
join:2004-05-29
canada | i agree, let the crtc decide |
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 mlernerPremium
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON
kudos:5 | reply to bell media
said by bell media :dude, let the regulators do their job. if they want bce to buy astral media, then let it be done.
The regulators do their job based on input from all parties and Canadian citizens. I suggest you read up on the last proceeding which will you show you the various and vast amount of comments that were made by the cable/telco/content providers and the public which was used to formulate their decision. |
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@videotron.ca | said by mlerner:said by bell media :dude, let the regulators do their job. if they want bce to buy astral media, then let it be done.
The regulators do their job based on input from all parties and Canadian citizens. I suggest you read up on the last proceeding which will you show you the various and vast amount of comments that were made by the cable/telco/content providers and the public which was used to formulate their decision. Not only that, but you left out the anti-competitive behavior which leads to less choice. And in regards to this topic, the person in question has already experienced Bell refusing to be competitive.
However, some people love being locked into and anticompetitve company that limits peoples choices across the board, and increases costs across the board.
Maybe Paolo & bell media can create a topic in support of Bell and less choice? Maybe they can flog Bell's bullsh*t for them? |
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 Dones
join:2008-02-14
Toronto, ON | reply to Eye Popper
"all content will be available to all Canadians through cable, satellite or IPTV provider" What about online? I guess we'll never see something like Hulu in Canada. |
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mlernerPremium
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON
kudos:5 | said by Dones:"all content will be available to all Canadians through cable, satellite or IPTV provider" What about online? I guess we'll never see something like Hulu in Canada.
Nope, not in the near time but that's why old media will die when people realize they have more choices. Even HBO is realizing they will need to do online subs which I'll gladly pay for. |
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said by Dones:"all content will be available to all Canadians through cable, satellite or IPTV provider" What about online? I guess we'll never see something like Hulu in Canada.
It will be free Bandwidth usage for online viewing. But only if you use Bell Canada internet. |
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 xsbell
join:2008-12-22
Canada
kudos:1
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said by Dones:"all content will be available to all Canadians through cable, satellite or IPTV provider" What about online? I guess we'll never see something like Hulu in Canada.
We do, it's just not conveniently all on one site, ie., watch.thecomedynetwork.ca, watch.discoverychannel.ca, watch.ctv.ca, watch.tsn.ca, etc... |
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| reply to Eye Popper
Of course Bell will make the cost of accessing the content of your choice on other ISP's/providers prohibitively expensive. How else is Furious George going to pay for the acquisition? |
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| reply to Paolo
Greetings Fellow TV Consumers.
First I would like to thank Paolo for supporting the Bell-Astral media deal that will benefit all Canadians.
As you are well aware, Bell Canada is the only Canadian media company capable of bringing Astrals great TV offerings into your living rooms, be it via IPTV or other.
Bell is committed to being open and competitive. Mr. Burgurs client is a statistical outlier who may not have followed proper communication channels to order the station(s) in question to give to his client.
As stated above by some of the great people here, it is imperative for this Bell-Astral media deal that you just let the CRTC decide without interfering or voicing objections. Bell-Astral has worked hard for the benefit of all Canadians.
Should you require additional information on how we will protect all Canadian consumers please feel free to visit the Bell-Astral website which will answer all your questions. »www.canadiansdeservemore.ca/
Best regards, |
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 HiVoltPremium
join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
kudos:17
 ·TekSavvy Cable
·TekSavvy DSL
| said by Astral Media :Greetings Fellow TV Consumers.
First I would like to thank Paolo for supporting the Bell-Astral media deal that will benefit all Canadians.
As you are well aware, Bell Canada is the only Canadian media company capable of bringing Astrals great TV offerings into your living rooms, be it via IPTV or other.
Bell is committed to being open and competitive. Mr. Burgurs client is a statistical outlier who may not have followed proper communication channels to order the station(s) in question to give to his client.
As stated above by some of the great people here, it is imperative for this Bell-Astral media deal that you just let the CRTC decide without interfering or voicing objections. Bell-Astral has worked hard for the benefit of all Canadians.
Should you require additional information on how we will protect all Canadian consumers please feel free to visit the Bell-Astral website which will answer all your questions. »www.canadiansdeservemore.ca/
Best regards,
HAHAHA... Paolo you are funny, posting anon to shill on your own post...
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mlernerPremium
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON
kudos:5 | Yup and it makes no logical sense. If Bell didn't want people to inform the CRTC and give feedback, they wouldn't have made a website touting the deal.
Nice try but horrible fail. |
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 El QuintronResident Mouth BreatherPremium
join:2008-04-28
Etobicoke, ON
kudos:2
·TekSavvy DSL
 ·WIND Mobile
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| said by mlerner:Nice try but horrible fail.
It was funny for all the wrong reasons, as always.
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people like him give non-reg'd users a bad name. |
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| Per cartt.ca
»www.cartt.ca/news/14686/Cable-Te···ite.html
Eastlink just launch EastLink-To-Go this morning.
The subscriber-authenticated, TV Everywhere service is the first in North American powered end-to-end by Cisco’s Videoscape technology and will allow EastLink subscribers to take their TV with them wherever they are in Canada, on whatever device they like at no additional cost.
However, sad to say, they are having trouble negotiating with big broadcasters for mobile content.
I'll give you 3 guess who that could be. While you are thinking about it, read the screen capture in the first post of this topic. |
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mlernerPremium
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON
kudos:5 | Negotiating isn't necessarily an issue, as long you pay big $$$ to the big three content providers. |
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| said by mlerner:Negotiating isn't necessarily an issue, as long you pay big $$$ to the big three content providers media mob.
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| said by HeadSpinning:said by mlerner:Negotiating isn't necessarily an issue, as long you pay big $$$ to the big three content providers media mob.
Corrected Agreed.
George Burger even said the same (more or less with diff words that is viewable online). |
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| reply to Eye Popper
Hi EyePopper thanks very much for bringing this to our attention, and to my friends at TekSavvy who sent me the link. This story is clearly not over yet, and bears close scrutiny by every Canadian that cares about a competitive and innovative content delivery ecosystem. I know that there are alot of pretty keen gamers out there, but the fact is the killer app for the internet is the consumption of video content. Everyone loves to be informed and entertained and engaged before their screens, at home in the living room or on the bus to work. That is where all the money is now and will be for telecom players and that is what this fight is all about. If you control the content, you control the prices, you control where it can be seen, and you control what Canadians can watch. I really hope that message gets through to all Canadians who care about whether these choices should be dictated to them. Please stay engaged, and encourage everyone you know to stay engaged. What happens over the next six months could impact consumers' choices for a generation. |
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