Two-thirds of Canadians still subscribe to paid TV service: MTM report

Subscribing to a paid TV service is still something done by two-thirds of Canadians, according to the latest TV Distribution report from the Media Technology Monitor, a product of CBC/Radio-Canada. Thirty-seven per cent of Canadians subscribe to a fibre-based TV service, while 20 per cent subscribe to cable and 9 per cent to satellite TV, according to the report. Francophone Canadians are more likely to subscribe to a paid TV service than anglophones (76 per cent vs. 63 per cent), the report says. While subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services are still ahead of paid TV subscriptions, they saw a slight decrease for...