OTTAWA – With content far more available – and a little cheaper – and technology far more available – and a little cheaper – more small cable companies are getting into video on demand.
Recently, Bluewater Cable TV of Goderich, Ont. (7,000 subs), and Cape Breton Island’s Seaside Cable TV (14,000) each applied for a video on demand license from the CRTC.
If approved after the June 19 hearing (which will almost certainly happen) Bluewater and Seaside will join other independent Canadian cablecos like Compton Cable (launched SVOD) and Westman Communications (coming soon) with video on demand licenses.
And, with the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance now getting into content negotiation deals with certain aggregators, cartt.ca has been told, more VOD for small operators will begin happening soon.
