OTT tipping point in Canada rapidly approaching, says report

AS OVER-THE-TOP video services, Internet enabled televisions and broadband speeds all escalate, Canadian broadcasters will come to find the market power that allows them in 2011 to exclusively purchase popular U.S. TV shows and movies for Canada will erode significantly.A new report recently published by RBC Capital Markets identifies an “OTT inflection period” likely starting in 2017 (not coincidentally, right around the time where the exclusive content contracts Astral Media and Corus Entertainment, for example, have with HBO and numerous studios expire) where the likes of Netflix will have enough penetration in Canada – helped along by more robust broadband...