flexible channel packages in Ontario

If current one-size-fits-all pay-TV packages are not doing it for you, then look to the north where The Globe and Mail reports Rogers is testing pay-per-package designs in the Ontario area. It starts by offering a $20 basic cable offering with 86 channels, to which customers can add up to 15, twenty, or 30 more channels as they wish from "over 100" possibles. If that is not choice, try Quebec, where Videotron and Bell are also doing battle with a la carte channel packages, a trend that apparently does not extend to Bell's offerings outside the region. Behind all these new options is a CRTC mandate to offer customers greater control, so we'll wait to listen to from Canucks if these are viable options when they open up November 8th. Check out the details in the press release after the break or head over to Rogers' site to cost a package for yourself.