Skinny basic cable packages are here

Starting today, all Canadian TV providers must offer low-price “skinny” basic cable packages, as mandated by the CRTC. Bare-bones packages must come with the option of topping up and enhancing with pick-and-pay channels.

Click here to view the channels Rogers is offering as part of its skinny basic cable package.

The Rogers basic package costs $25 and offers a basic suite of Canadian channels like City, CBC, CTV and Global, plus mandatory carriage channels like CPAC and a few major U.S. offerings including ABC and NBC. The package does not include any 24-hour news channels or specialty offerings for sports fans or movie buffs. Additional theme channel packs can be added to the standard package for anywhere between $3 to $18. Sports fans can snag the Sportsnet Plus or TSN Plus set of about eight channels for $18 each, while Canadian news junkies can pay $5 for CTV News, BNN and CP24. 4K vs. HD: Get more from your next TV » Last week, Shaw introduced its $25 “Limited TV” package, offering about 38 channels. Shaw customers can add five more channels of your choosing to the package for an additional $15 per month. they will also offer theme packs: You can add a Sportsnet and TSN combo to its skinny basic programming for $14, or pay $8 for a collection of either. Movie and lifestyle channel packages cost $6 each. Bell’s “Starter” Fibe TV cable package starts at $24.95 and comes with 20 mandatory Canadian channels and no U.S. channels. You can pick individual channels to add to the package for $4 each. Disclaimer: Rogers is a parent company of MoneySense This article was updated Mar. 1, 2016.

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kayvan says:

May 27, 2020 at 7:27 am

Tv

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Charlie-Corrado De Luca says:

January 12, 2021 at 7:32 pm

Need some free preview of sports network such as sports net or tsn . on basic package.

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Shelley Loan says:

June 14, 2022 at 6:42 pm

I just got screwed over again by rogers .By not knowing how to stream and get the “skinny pack” I paying too much.

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Jerry Tuck says:

January 1, 2023 at 2:52 am

Im on O.S.D.P .I would like a price for skinny & internet NO limit on WI- Fi.I want Canadian chennel & U.S . Including Discovery, FX,HGTV&Si-Fi Chennai ? The cost to me plus taxes .

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Judy Kraly says:

February 8, 2023 at 11:34 am

Can I get basic cable t.v.

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William Holtz says:

March 6, 2024 at 12:32 pm

I turned on my tv at 8.30 and I can’t change my channel nor can I turn it off

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