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Bell Media cited the federal broadcast regulator’s contested Super Bowl advertising policy as a factor in its decision to cut more than two dozen jobs across the country.

The media division of BCE Inc., Canada’s largest telecommunications company, is reducing positions at more than 24 locations across the country including radio and television stations, spokesman Scott Henderson confirmed in an email Tuesday.

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“The restructuring is the result of the challenges Bell Media and other Canadian media companies are facing due to increasing international competition, the evolution of broadcast technologies, and advertising and regulatory pressure,” Henderson said.

One such regulation is the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s new policy that lets Canadians watch big-budget U.S. ads during the National Football League’s championship game. Bell contends it will lose millions of dollars from the decision introduced in August since it relies on its ability to sell ad space to recoup the costs of its exclusive rights to broadcast the game in Canada.