IPTV World: MTS to take TV beyond Winnipeg

CHICAGO – With 33% market share in the Winnipeg TV market, MTS Allstream is ready to take its MTS TV service to other areas of the province. The company’s consumer markets president Kelvin Shepherd told the crowd attending IPTV World North America in Chicago Tuesday that since the digital television service now passes 96% of homes in Winnipeg and has reportedly over 80,000 customers, it’s time to move beyond the capital. (The company is already offering television beyond Winnipeg in 13 southern Manitoba communities, since it purchased Valley Cable Vision in 2006.) “Our market share objective is actually somewhat ahead of...