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CAB supports “unicast” mobile TV model; SOCAN wants it regulated

OTTAWA – As long as mobile TV services maintain their current unicast model, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters say they don't need to be regulated, according to a submission made Friday to the CRTC. But, that exemption should remain only if the mobile TV services currently offered by Rogers Wireless, Telus and Bell Mobility keep their one-to-one technological model, where a wireless subscriber has content streamed to them individually via their cell phone or other mobile device, says the broadcasters' lobby group. The submission was made in response to the CRTC's call for comments on its decision to exempt mobile...