Shaw wants VOD regs scrapped

GATINEAU – Since video-on-demand is one of the key components in the cable company arsenal when battling the new, over-the-top video providers for viewers, the CRTC needs to scrap most of its regulations governing VOD, according to Shaw Communications.In its final reply to the vertical integration hearing (as well as in its OTT fact-finding submission), Canada’s largest TV distributor suggest preserving Canadian content exhibition requirements for VOD, but not much else.In its final submission on the vertical integration proceeding, the company identifies seven rules that need to go and first on its priority list is the double-dip of Canadian content...