$25 basic cable package must be in place by March 1

Cable and satellite providers must provide skinny basic packages priced at $25 a month to every consumer by March 1, 2016, the CRTC says. The federal broadcast regulator laid out a timetable Thursday for changes to ways television signals are distributed across Canada. In addition to the basic $25 package, cable and satellite providers must move to a pick-and-pay system or offer small bundles of channels, also by the March 1 deadline.
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