CRTC approves some, not all, of Bell's proposed VOD amendments

OTTAWA – Bell has received CRTC approval to amend its video-on-demand service’s broadcasting licence so that it may offer community programming produced by its corporate cousin Bell Aliant. In its application, Bell ExpressVu also requested that a new condition of licence be added to allow a third party, in this case Bell Aliant, to be fully responsible for the management of the community programming and the adherence to the applicable regulations related to the community programming that would be offered on the Bell ExpressVu VOD service, a request that the Commission denied. On Monday, the Regulator expressed concern with “the...