The continued makeover of how people get their television and other entertainment is being
re-written by
Netflix. CBC has made available many of its programs for downloads to
PCs,
Macs,
iPhones and
iPads,
Nintendo Wii,
Sony PlayStation 3 and
Blu-ray players.
The rub is that companies like
Rogers will do anything to cripple
Netflix by raising Internet fees so that people will choose on demand and pay per view from cable. Essentially, Rogers wants to make Netflix more expensive.
It remains to be seen whether
Shaw and
MTS will jack up their rates as well.
A big fight is brewing but technology is changing so quickly. The first casualties in the States have been companies like
Blockbuster but if companies like Rogers try to kill the new services by acting as gatekeeper, the federal government might not have any choice but to step in.
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