During the CRTC’s latest “Let’s Talk TV” discussions, third-party internet provider TekSavvy announced a new partnership with Hastings CableVision company, possibly signaling that the company has plans to move into providing cable services at some point in the future.

These latest rounds of CRTC talks are focused on discussing the current cable landscape in Canada, particularly when it comes to fair competition among providers.

“TekSavvy, a strong advocate for Canadian competition, supports the CRTC’s push for a more dynamic video marketplace,” writes Teksavvy in a recent press release about the agreement.

Teksavvy wants increased competition in the Canadian cable marketplace and the removal of many of the industry’s barriers of entry, namely wholesale arrangements, imbalanced negotiations with content owners and restrictive cable packages.

“Unnecessary barriers to entering the broadcasting distribution market mean that Canada is missing out on innovation that consumers are instead finding elsewhere,” said Bram Abramson, TekSavvy’s Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer.

During the hearing, Tesksavvy also announced that they’re partnering with Hastings CableVision, a small cable provider that’s operated in the Madoc, Ontario area since 1965. Teksavvy seems eager to learn about the Canadian television industry and, according to a recent press release, the company also has plans to help Hastings expand its business.

“This partnership, and today’s proceedings before the CRTC, bring us closer to offering innovative, affordable television to our TekSavvy customers,” said Marc Gaudrault, the CEO of Teksavvy.

Teksavvy’s director of marketing and communications, Tina Furlan, also expressed similar sentiments about the possibility of Teksavvy eventually offering its customers cable.

“TekSavvy has no immediate plans to offer cable subscriptions to its own customers. But we have asked the CRTC to accelerate the process of clearing away the two biggest barriers to doing so – the high cost of underlying bandwidth, and the long ramp-up period to acquiring content,” said Furlan in an email.

During these CRTC discussions, the possibility of Netflix and other streaming platforms being subject to the same Canadian content restrictions as traditional media platforms, has also been talked about.

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