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Do the Polish telcos also all operate in these spaces? - Newspapers - TV stations/channels - Radio stations - Content streaming services (a la Netflix) - L
by BeefWellington 5y ago
Do the Polish telcos also all operate in these spaces?
- Newspapers
- TV stations/channels
- Radio stations
- Content streaming services (a la Netflix)
- Land-based telco (phone, cable, fiber)
- Wireless telco
Each of the providers in Canada does all of those things to some degree or other and because they own news outlets they wield a lot of political influence. Combine that with the fact that most of the people who have been in charge of our telco regulator have ties to these media conglomerates, it becomes pretty clear it's a captured market. So much so that it's newsworthy when someone actually doesn't just rubber stamp everything[1]. It also means external competition is limited to being unprofitable, so newcomers who enter the market don't tend to stay long and generally just get bought out by the incumbents.
It's a mess and no political party seems to think it's an issue worth pursuing.
[1]: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/careers-leadership/the-crtcs-jean-pierre-blais-speaking-truth-to-power/article15224721/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/c...