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Quebecor complaint against Bell TV over signal theft dismissed by CRTC

OTTAWA - The CRTC has dismissed a complaint made against Bell TV by Quebecor Media Inc. over the way the DTH provider is combatting signal theft.In a complaint dated March 23, 2009, Quebecor said that Bell TV had recently introduced a new sales method that would allow someone to equip themselves with one or several Bell TV receivers and to employ various methods of signal theft without Bell TV being able to track them.  This practice of retailing ‘grab-and-go’ receivers calls into question the commitments Bell TV made in 2003 when it pledged to implement specific measures to combat signal theft, Quebecor...