The TUESDAY INTERVIEW: 50,000 customers. Roy Sherbo, vice-president, TV services, MTS

DID YOU HEAR THE ONE about the telephone company delivering TV over its wireline system that’s now one of the top 10 BDUs in Canada? No? Well, in less than three years, Manitoba Telecom Services’ MTS TV has become a very meaningful presence in the city of Winnipeg. With 260,000 total households, MTS TV has captured nearly a quarter of the market. While many on the cable side of the equation often dismiss the telcos’ ability to provide TV over their “limited” or “skinny” pipe, citing bandwidth constraints in comparison to the “fat cable pipe”, it seems consumers like this...