UPON FURTHER REVIEW: Why the VI companies aren’t selling their media divisions any time soon

LAST WEEK WE SPECULATED that the big, vertically integrated Canadian telecom, cable, wireless and media companies could get out of media.We talked to a few broadcasters who spoke on condition of anonymity who angrily wondered – with the CRTC apparently not listening to their concerns about costs, nor about being able to use their content as a point of differentiation with wireless or broadband customers while also taking simsub away, at least for the Super Bowl – why should carriers continue to own broadcasters?The answer is cash flow, capex and a lack of available suitors.Bell Media stands to lose $80...