Quebecor urges excising of rules not applicable to online streamers

By Ahmad Hathout Quebecor said Thursday that the CRTC should consider eliminating rules that have no equivalent in the online world, including what it calls micromanaging of commercial relationships under the decade-old Wholesale Code. Similar to sentiment from Bell on Wednesday, Quebecor executives told the CRTC studying the market dynamics between broadcasters and programmers that the Canadian system is no longer a “walled garden” environment closed off from the myriad of online options, and that more needs to be done to level the playing field. Quebecor’s recommendations in general include the removal of the Wholesale Code; in particular, it includes...