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Netflix Dominance Now Challenged By Bell Media

The turf war between cable access and cable-cutters with subscriptions to dominant streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video takes a new twist starting next week.

Netflix Dominance Now Challenged By Bell Media

By David Farrell

Bell Media is tackling Netflix and Amazon Prime Video head-on next week with an OTT package that combines The Movie Network, HBO Canada and CraveTV into one streaming service called Crave.ca


In doing so, the dominant media player in the country is about to open the gates to 11,000+ hours of content previously only available to cable subscribers of The Movie Network and HBO Canada and offers a serious challenge to foreign services now dominating the market sector.

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Mike Little
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Mike Little

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Obituaries: Hello Darlins' Co-Leader Mike Little, Jazz Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, Drake Producer Tay Keith

This week we also acknowledge the passing of Toronto session singer Johnny Rutledge, singer-songwriter Oliver Tree, Chicago co-founder Walter Parazaider and Sixpence None The Richer bassist Justin Cary.

Mike Little, keyboardist, songwriter and co-founder of alt-country band The Hello Darlins and an accomplished studio musician, died on June 13 at the age of 54.

An obituary in Roots Music Canada written by Little's publicist, Jason Schneider, reports that his death ''was a result of long-running battle with cancer, which he had kept private. The news was first shared by his wife and musical collaborator Candace Lacina after Little had made a heartwrenching Instagram post.''

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