The CRTC held a hearing Wednesday to address the dispute between the two media companies that led to the temporary suspension of TVA Sports’ signal for Bell subscribers until a judge last week ordered the return of the service. Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau speaks during public hearings at the CRTC in Gatineau, Quebec, Wednesday April 17, 2019. “We had no alternative,” he said to justify his decision to cut the TVA Sports signal to Bell subscribers. The standoff between Quebecor and Bell was provoked by a dispute over the royalties to be paid to the specialty channels. Last week, the Quebec Superior Court ordered Quebecor to restore the signal of the three TVA Sports channels to Bell subscribers by Friday night, which Quebecor did.

Source: thestar April 17, 2019 16:40 UTC