OUTtv already served in best available package at current wholesale price: Rogers

By Ahmad Hathout Rogers says if OUTtv wants to be placed in a cable package with broader distribution, it must come to the negotiating table instead of asking the CRTC to intervene in what it says are squarely commercial matters. Otherwise, the LGBTQ+ streamer is currently slotted in the best available theme pack that Rogers offers, which the cable giant argues is precisely what is contemplated for services that are designated as “must offer.” Rogers is responding to an application by OUTtv that alleges the cable giant is violating Wholesale Code rules after it pushed the service out of its...