Premium service Extra will make 400 new titles available to Rogers and Telus customers for free, or to non-subscribers for a monthly fee.
Producers with health and wellness-focused ideas can apply for up to $250,000 per project in funding from the telco to create cross-platform content.
Gill (pictured) directs Telus’ Optik TV video-on-demand storefront and drives local programming initiatives in B.C. and Alberta for Optik Local.
Despite steady growth for its IPTV-based offering, Telus did see deactivations of the TV service by existing subscribers.
The move leverages existing opposition in eastern Canada from Cogeco Eastlink and Quebecor with a new voice from western Canada.
The regulator ruled on a carriage dispute between Bell Media and major distributors and opened the way for more pick and pay channel buying by Canadian cable and satellite TV subscribers.
The ex-Telus lobbyist discusses the need for industry-wide change “away from the traditional structures, which we know won’t last forever.”
The veteran lobbyist (pictured) will replace Norm Bolen, who will bow out as head of the indie producers’ association at the Banff World Media Festival.
Telus posted solid Q1 earnings as it bundles internet and home and wireless phone services with its IPTV TV service to draw new customers from rival Shaw Communications.
The phone giant continues to battle Shaw Communications in western Canada for triple-play phone, TV and internet customers.
Ruling on a January 2011 complaint filed by Telus, the regulator says Bell’s exclusive mobile-content deals with the NHL and NFL run contrary to its new media policy, a claim Bell refutes.
The telco added 50,000 IPTV subscribers during the last quarter.