Bell says WildBrain accusing it of violating standstill rule

Bell is currently going through “strategic review” on programming By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Bell has revealed that WildBrain’s heavily redacted application last month accusing it of giving an undue preference to Corus on children's programming distribution also accuses the large BDU of breaking the CRTC’s standstill rule. Bell alleges in the reply dated September 8 that WildBrain is claiming the standstill rule – which stipulates that the BDU must continue to distribute channels on the same terms and conditions even while in a dispute – has been invoked because the parties began negotiating potential terms for a new carriage...