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Prime Time 2020: Why boutique streamers believe there’s plenty of room alongside Netflix

By Etan Vlessing OTTAWA – Most people go to Netflix or Amazon Prime for their online TV fixes, but a host of niche streaming services like Britbox, Shudder and CBC Gem target those with more obscure or specific viewing tastes. But as these boutique upstarts go up against online giants increasingly penetrating the Canadian market, some of their top execs gathered last week at Prime Time in Ottawa to talk about how to snatch market share from superstores like Apple TV and Disney+. "Everyone is trying to be a giant. We don't have to be everything for everybody. We have...