Connectivity-content marriages prone to failure: analyst

TORONTO – As the CRTC considers Shaw’s proposed purchase of Canwest Global's TV assets, one industry analyst specualted on the implications of content providers making their content proprietary.In a note to investors on Tuesday, Dvai Ghose, the managing director and head of Canadian research for Canaccord Genuity, said that companies like BCE and Rogers “see content ownership as an essential bargaining chip when negotiating content deals”, which, he continued, could make it difficult for companies who do not own content, naming TELUS and MTS as examples, to compete in the broadband, TV, and wireless segments.“This does not seem to be in the interest of...