illico Club Unlimited: Astral Complaint Dismissed
August 20 2013 - 4:02PM
Marketwired
Videotron welcomes the CRTC's decision to dismiss the complaint
filed by Astral (now Bell Media) alleging that illico Club
Unlimited, launched in February 2013, violates the regulatory
framework and certain conditions of Videotron's video on demand
licence.
"We are gratified that we were able to show the Commission that
the catalogue we are offering illico Club Unlimited subscribers
does not breach any of the conditions of our video on demand
licence," said Manon Brouillette, President and Chief Operating
Officer of Videotron. "At the same time, we were able to
demonstrate that Astral's motive in filing this complaint was to
prevent any competition in order to safeguard and even expand its
historic pay-TV monopoly. The decision also recognizes Videotron's
leadership in entertainment and its benefits for consumers."
illico Club Unlimited: innovating to meet customers'
expectations
Videotron created illico Club Unlimited in response to its
customers' clearly expressed desire for a product of this type: a
subscription video on demand service that allows unlimited access
to an extensive, constantly updated catalogue of French-language
movies, television series, children's programs, documentaries,
comedy shows and concerts.
Already more than 50,000 subscribers
illico Club Unlimited is a service tailored to the needs of the
Quebec market that competes directly with a foreign global player,
Netflix. Today, it is delivering a wide selection of content from
the world's largest studios as well as local producers and
distributors to more than 50,000 households across Quebec and in
Ontario. illico Club Unlimited is becoming a new distribution
vehicle for Quebec product and an additional showcase for local
talent.
Videotron (www.videotron.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Quebecor Media Inc., is an integrated communications company
engaged in cable television, interactive multimedia development,
and Internet access, cable telephone and mobile telephone services.
Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its illico
interactive television service and its broadband network, which
supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable
television, and other services. As of June 30, 2013, Videotron was
serving 1,832,400 cable television customers, including 1,502,000
subscribers Digital TV. Videotron is also the Quebec leader in
high-speed Internet access, with 1,395,400 subscribers to its cable
service as of June 30, 2013. As of the same date, Videotron had
451,100 subscriber connections to its mobile telephone service and
was providing cable telephone service to 1,274,700 Quebec
households and organizations. For the eighth consecutive year,
Videotron was ranked as Quebec's most respected telecommunications
company by Les Affaires magazine, based on a Leger Marketing
survey.
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