Radio / Television News

This week in Choice: Cassaday says a-la-carte could lead to overall gains; Netflix on set-tops?

THURSDAY WAS DARN BUSY (in fact, as we write this, it’s Friday morning). The CRTC launched its national conversation with Canadians on our TV system and each of Rogers Communications, Corus Entertainment and Shaw Communications released their latest quarterly results.A common theme among the public appearances by CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais in Laval and Toronto, as well as the conference calls led by Rogers CEO Nadir Mohamed, Corus CEO John Cassaday and Shaw CEO Brad Shaw was how providing more choice for consumers when it comes to their television packages is going to happen. However, the details must be worked...