With NCTC’s carriage pact with Viacom set to expire Mon, some of the co-op’s members are warning customers that they could lose popular channels such as Nick, Comedy Central and MTV. It’s a little bit unusual to see the NCTC members, who have a median size of 1500 customers, be so vocal in a dispute. Here’s what the association had to say, as well as ACA’s take.

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Cogeco President/CEO Frédéric Perron outlined the Canadian broadband operator’s plan to improve financial performance in 2H26 in the U.S., where it operates under the Breezeline brand as well as the recently launched, central Ohio-based ISP Welo.

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