Last week, the Canadian Radio - Television and Telecommuncations Commission decided to start
unbundling cable packages, the annoying practice of packaging channels you do watch with those that you don't, like BookTelevision and the Rural Channel.
U.S. media giant Viacom made a submission to the regulator saying that
unbundling cable packages would send the existing Canadian TV business into a «death spiral.»
Not exact matches
Cord cutting is expected to accelerate,
cable packages are being
unbundled, and consumers are spending more and more time with mobile devices.
It has already announced plans to reduce cellphone roaming charges, force
cable companies to
unbundle TV
packages and seek ways to reduce the gap in retail prices between Canada and the United States.