The TUESDAY INTERVIEW: Astral's Domenic Vivolo leads the launch of a sure-thing service

ANYONE WHO HAS spent longer than five minutes in this industry knows that the lead question Canadian viewers most often have for us is: “Why can’t I get HBO here?” (Actually, it’s very often “why the he** can’t I get HBO?!!) Finally, we can tell them, “we do have HBO in Canada.” It’s not the exact HBO Americans get because it does have a 30% Cancon requirement, but it’s a lot closer than the way the dominant American pay channel’s programming has historically been available here. As reported by Cartt.ca Monday morning, Astral Media (owners of The Movie Network, the...