The new $25 "skinny" basic cable TV package might look like a deal. But, in many cases, when customers add on extras and pick-and-pay channels, the price can soar to even more than what they're ...

TORONTO – Canadians now have the choice to pay no more than $25 a month for basic cable as the deadline for the CRTC-mandated so-called skinny cable and satellite packages dawned Tuesday. The ...

$25 basic cable package must be in place by March 1 More cord-cutting with pick-and-pay TV on horizon Some industry watchers believe customers could be kept in the dark until the March deadline.

TORONTO — Canadians now have the choice to pay no more than $25 a month for basic cable as the deadline for the CRTC-mandated so-called skinny cable and satellite packages dawned Tuesday. The new ...

The CRTC will give Canadian consumers the option of buying a “skinny basic” cable-TV package that will cost no more than $25 a month, The Canadian Press reports, citing sources.

Basic cable packages must include at least 10 local and regional TV channels, public interest channels (like the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network), educational programming, community channels ...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says more than 66,000 consumers have signed up to the new basic TV packages in the five weeks since cable and satellite service ...

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Canada’s cable providers have only been offering the so-called skinny cable packages since March 1 and don’t appear to be as popular as consumers may have hoped. The Canadian Radio-television and ...

Consumers who have long bemoaned bloated cable packages may well embrace the new model, whereby they purchase a basic package (capped at $25) and add-on only the specialty channels they actually ...

Cable companies such as Rogers and Shaw offer both Canadian and U.S. channels in their basic packages, making them viable choices for those looking for limited service that can be supplemented ...

Basic cable packages must include at least 10 local and regional TV channels, public interest channels (like the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network), educational programming, community channels ...