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Do TV Networks earn money from Optik?
I am wondering if TV network stations earn money from Telus Optik TV and roughly how much they get. Does anyone know? I assume Telus would need to pay them in order to have something to sell to ...
Broadly speaking, yes, TV channel and content providers earn revenue from TELUS. Customers pay TELUS, TELUS pays the content owners (Bell, Rogers, Corus etc. etc.). You'd be safe to assume that the individual channel's popularity and the number of subscribers would have a pretty big impact on the price, so it would vary a lot among the hundreds of available channels.
The CRTC does have a number of channels that are mandatory in every package in order for a company to be allowed to sell TV service (Google 'skinny basic') - these vary from city to city.
I doubt you'd be able to find how much an individual station/content provider gets and/or what proportion is from an individual Telco.
Thank you for the reply.
I was hoping maybe the info was public, or an insider might know, or maybe a station's investor had seen an annual report on revenues.
At least I know none of my monthly fees support Fox News. LOL
