- Ontario and Québec customers
will no longer need to sign up for Fibe Internet to take advantage
of Canada's fastest-growing TV service
- Ongoing alignment of Bell Canada
and Bell Aliant IPTV services across eastern Canada to further
enhance the Fibe TV experience
MONTRÉAL, Sept. 6, 2016 /CNW
Telbec/ - Bell today announced that by the end of Q1 2017, Fibe TV
customers will no longer be required to sign up for Fibe Internet
service to access Canada's fastest-growing television service.
"As we align our next-generation IPTV technologies, we're
bringing exclusive Fibe features to Atlantic Canada and new options for Fibe TV
customers in Ontario and Québec,"
said Wade Oosterman, Bell Group
President and Chief Brand Officer.
"Fibe has become the country's most popular television service
because of the constant stream of new content and feature
innovations we're bringing to Canadian TV viewers. With these
latest enhancements, we're making it even easier for consumers to
experience all that Fibe can do."
Bell announced on July 19 that
Bell Aliant's FibreOP TV in Atlantic
Canada would be integrated with the Bell Fibe TV service
available in Ontario and Québec.
With Fibe, Bell Aliant customers will get more 4K, HD and On Demand
content and exclusive Fibe TV features such as Trending, which
gives a snapshot of the 5 most popular shows being watched at any
given time. Bell Fibe in turn will now be enhanced to operate
without the need for a Fibe Internet connection for new customers
by the end of Q1 2017.
Delivering a superior television experience simply not available
from traditional cable TV providers, Fibe TV has proven hugely
popular with consumers, posting strong growth since its original
introduction in late 2010 and ultimately transforming Bell into
Canada's #1 TV provider by the end of 2015. Nielsen Consumer
Insights asked 1,017 adult Canadians in June their opinion of TV
providers and almost half (47%) said Bell Fibe TV is the most
advanced television service in Canada.
Fibe TV offers stunning picture quality and a range of exclusive
features, such as wireless TV; Restart, which lets you restart and
watch TV shows up to 30 hours after they started; Trending, listing
the most-watched shows in Canada
at any given time; and the Fibe TV app, which brings the Fibe
experience to smartphones and tablets with access to more than 450
live and on-demand channels and full control of your TV through
mobile devices including the Apple Watch.
Bell plans to invest a further $1
billion in 2016 to bring Fibe capability to a total of
approximately 3 million homes and businesses in Atlantic Canada, Ontario and Québec, up from approximately 2.2
million at the end of 2015.
About Bell
Canada's largest communications company,
Bell provides consumer, business and government customers with a
comprehensive suite of broadband wireless, TV, Internet and
business communication services from Bell
Canada and Bell Aliant. Bell Media is Canada's premier
multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, out of
home and digital media. Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX,
NYSE: BCE). To learn more, please visit BCE.ca or Bell.ca.
The Bell Let's Talk initiative promotes Canadian mental health
with national awareness and anti-stigma campaigns like Bell Let's
Talk Day and significant Bell funding of community care and access,
research, and workplace initiatives. To learn more, please visit
Bell.ca/LetsTalk.
Media inquiries:
Jacqueline Michelis
613 785-1427
jacqueline.michelis@bell.ca
SOURCE Bell Canada