Cable / Telecom News

Canadians want their TV everywhere, too, but fret about reliability: SRG

TORONTO – Cable giants south of the border (Comcast and Time Warner) are pushing their TV Everywhere concept hard and Canadians, according to new data from Solutions Research Group, like the idea, even though Canadian cablers haven’t yet launched anything (but one is close).Nearly 7-in-10 Canadian TV viewers say being able to access their cable channels on the web or mobile is an “excellent” (26%) or “good” (41%) idea, says SRG, with a younger demographic liking it even more.Among the key findings of SRG’s Digital Life Canada research:* Web TV may be an important tool to stay relevant for the...