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Upfront 2016: Why Internet TV isn’t winning the war yet

TORONTO - The big story out of the recent Los Angeles Screenings, as reported by Cartt.ca, was Canadian broadcasters are now horse-trading for new American shows against Netflix as video streaming continues to transform TV.The result had the Canadians paying more to their Hollywood suppliers for digital rights as they continue to fend off the streaming giant. However, the way top Rogers Media execs tell it, Netflix didn't out-muscle or out-fox the Canadians in Los Angeles.If anything, Netflix is moving to embrace their network TV model."Netflix was looking to diversity from SVOD and looking to get into day-and-date. And that's...