ANALYSIS: Telus to Bell: Content exclusives on mobile and broadband? Notsofast

PART OF THE RATIONALE behind Bell Canada’s purchase of CTV is that the mobile and broadband spaces are unregulated – and that content exclusives will be part of the game when attracting and retaining subscribers who want to see their video content on their iPads, BlackBerrys or PCs, as well as their TVs.Bell CEO George Cope told us as much when we asked him about it during the press conference announcing the deal last week.However, to paraphrase what Telus has been saying for a while now: “Not so fast, consolidators.” The Bell/CTV deal was excellent timing for the folks at...