Bell to offer Fibe TV as a standalone service in early 2017

MONTREAL – Bell has announced plans to consciously uncouple its Fibe TV service from its Internet service starting early next year for new customers in Ontario and Quebec.The announcement, made just hours before the CRTC kicked off its hearing into basic TV and packaging options (and knowing that some have complained that in order to get Fibe TV's $25 skinny basic TV service, they had to first purchase Bell's broadband) comes along with the ongoing alignment of its TV services across eastern Canada. Bell Aliant said in July that it was shedding its FibreOP branding in order to integrate with...