According to the website Cartt.ca, Rogers will be releasing a new streaming service that could create some major competition for websites like Netflix.
Rogers has spent more than $100 million on content deals to build a robust catalogue of TV shows and movies that subscribers would be able to stream on demand, said Cartt.ca editor-in-chief Greg O’Brien (to The Canadian Press), who added that his sources did not know how Rogers intends to price the product. “From what I understand, $100 million buys them quite a bit… And what it does is it keeps those TV titles and any film titles that they might be able to get away from Netflix in Canada, so it makes the Netflix library weaker.”
However Rogers hasn’t really commented on the news other than saying, “As previously reported, Rogers is looking at opportunities to deliver a (streaming) service. There are no additional details at this time.”
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