Telco TV carriers prep for new packaging rules, show off OTT options

By Janice Lee

TORONTO – Canadian Telco TV companies Telus, SaskTel and MTS hosted their 10th annual fall forum at the Toronto Telus headquarters for about 200 programming and other partners, outlining their growth so far and plans for 2016.Telus reported 954,000 Optik TV subscribers with coverage of 90% of B.C. and Alberta households. They claimed an industry leadership position in HD channels with 233. Research showed that over 40% of their customers were already consuming over the top services and they have embraced that with Netflix, TEDtv, NFB and CraveTV all available to subscribers through their set top boxes.The company has also...