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UPDATE: Commission exempts mobile TV from regs

OTTAWA – Mobile phone customers will not see the video available on their phone screens impacted by regulation, the CRTC announced this morning. The Commission determined that the services provided by Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless and Telus Mobility, in conjunction with MobiTV Inc., fall within the Commission’s New Media Exemption Order, which applies to services that are delivered and accessed over the Internet. The Commission also determined that mobile television services, whether or not they are delivered and accessed over the Internet, should also be exempt from regulation, and issued a public notice asking for the input of Canadians on...