OUTtv calls out Bell for violating code, undue preference

OTTAWA – OUTtv is accusing Bell Canada of undue preference after learning that Bell intends to repackage its must-carry service as early as next month. The complaint, dated December 20, 2011, alleges that Bell refuses to distribute OUTtv in the best available package of programming services consistent with OUTtv’s genre and programming, as required by the code of conduct set out in the Commission’s new vertical integration policy. At the same time, the complaint continues, other programming services, including Bell-owned Fashion TV, Bravo and MuchMoreMusic, are being provided with terms of distribution that are materially advantageous to those provided to OUTtv,...