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Upfronts 2019: Inside Bell Media’s ambitious plans for a digital future

U.S. relationships “will evolve, not lapse,” says LennoxTORONTO – If it feels like Bell Media's 2019 Upfront presentation unleashed an avalanche of new content and viewing options for Canadians, just as more Hollywood studios get set to launch more Netflix-killer streaming services, it's no coincidence.The way Bell Media president Randy Lennox (pictured Thursday with the company’s latest home-grown star, Mary Berg of Mary’s Kitchen Crush) tells Cartt.ca, he's moving chess pieces in a larger game of redefining long-standing relationships with Hollywood content suppliers while the major studios sort out whether to continue licensing popular American shows to the Canadians, or...