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Old 09-28-2021, 02:11 PM   #289
timun
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Originally Posted by GP_Matt View Post
It is apparently coming to Canada. At one point Astral Media (Owner of HBO Canada) claimed they would roll it out in fall 2012 but I think the whole thing has been put on hold pending the outcome of the Bell/Astral merger.

There is some concern that the CRTC will allow the merger but force Bell to sell HBO Canada so I don't think they want to spend any money on it at the moment.
The greater overarching problem that kills the viability of HBOGo in Canada is that HBO already sold the streaming rights to their programming to Bell. It's all (or mostly...) on Crave.
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