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According to the report, Troy Reeb, executive vice-president of broadcast networks for Corus, which also oversees all of Global News’ national programming, said the issue is “simply about money.”
“Eastlink doesn’t want to pay what these channels are worth anymore,” he said during an interview on Wednesday with Global News Morning in Edmonton.
He added that customers in bigger markets would mostly remain unaffected by the change, as Eastlink is a cable provider that only serves select locations throughout the country such as Atlantic Canada and Grand Prairie, Alta.
“Subscribers in those places are no longer, as of next week, going to be able to get some of the biggest channels on television,” he said.
“The good news is Eastlink subscribers do have other choices,” he reassured viewers. “If you live in one of those places and happen to want those channels, you can flip over to Telus, or to Shaw Satellite or Bell satellite.”
Reeb said viewers can also subscribe to StackTV, a streaming service offered through Amazon Prime, if they still want to access Corus programming while receiving internet through Eastlink.
Indeed, there are several affordable and budget-conscious ways to stream most of the channels disappearing from Eastlink, including Stack TV via Prime Video Channels. Here's the rundown on some very affordable services available in Canada:
- Stack TV by way of Prime Video Channels*: Out of the 34 Corus Entertainment networks that are leaving Eastlink, about half are available through a subscription to Stack TV on the Prime Video platform. If you don't know what Prime Video is about, click here to learn more, but in essence, Prime Video is FREE as part of your Amazon Prime subscription (click here to get a 30-day free trial for Amazon Prime), with tons of additional benefits besides access to plenty of ad-free movies and TV shows. You can subscribe to Stack TV for an additional $12.99 per month, but click here to get a 30-day free trial for Stack TV.
- Stack TV networks are also part of Fubo TV in Canada*: The pro-sports and soccer-centric streaming service recently added an Entertainment package to its line-up which includes the same channels available in the Prime Video Channels version of Stack TV. If you are looking for more than just Entertainment and you are a sports junkie (particularly Soccer), click here to check out Fubo TV Canada's packages. If you just want the Entertainment package with the channels leaving Eastlink, it's at an affordable subscription price of $14.99/m (after a 7-day free trial). It is $2 more than the cost of Stack TV through Prime Video Channels, but you would get a whopping 1000 hours of Cloud DVR space on Fubo TV, so the extra cost does provide an amazing added value if you want to record your favorite shows for time-shifted viewing.
- River TV: Canada's premier independent streaming service, River TV, carries many of the same channels available in Stack TV, but with dozens of additional popular networks (including Canada's own CBC, Global and CHCH) at an extremely affordable price. You can also get a free trial for River TV (30 days as of this posting, just click here to check it out), and then you can squeeze into your budget at a very budget-friendly price of $16.99/m after that. Click here to check out River TV's comparison of Stack TV versus their own offerings.
To view the complete list of channels that are leaving Eastlink, the cable company posted a statement on their website. Click here to view the complete details. (Source: Eastlink)
Additional Sources: Click here to view the original Global News article.
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