TV remote control. Photo courtesy of ThinkStock. The CRTC will allow subscribers to purchase a basic $25 a month cable TV or satellite package and have pick-and-pay options after that. The regulator ...

Television viewers who have eagerly awaited the chance to downsize to a smaller basic package of channels will have a range of new options on Tuesday – and will also discover that not all skinny ...

A new era of choice for TV customers officially begins today, but instead of empowering consumers, some may feel tricked — even cheated. The new $25 "skinny" basic cable TV package might look like a ...

Cable and satellite providers must provide skinny basic packages priced at $25 a month to every consumer by March 1, 2016, the CRTC says. (iStock) Cable and satellite providers must provide skinny ...

GATINEAU, Que. -- The country's broadcast regulator says tens of thousands of Canadians have either signed up for the first time or switched to the recently mandated skinny-basic TV packages. The ...

Over the past five weeks, 66,000 Canadians have signed up for the new $25 basic TV package, according to a statement today by the CRTC. The broadcast regulator, which mandated that TV providers offer ...

It’s the dawn of a new month and a new era in Canadian TV, as cable companies roll their skinny basic packages out to consumers. Starting today, all cable companies must offer a package of Canadian ...