Bell isn’t just making job cuts, but it’s also slashing PVR storage for Bell Fibe TV customers.
Starting on May 1, cloud-based PVR TV storage will see recordings automatically deleted after 60 days. Previously, the storage duration for recordings was 365 days. This means if you have PVR recordings scheduled to record, and you happen to be on vacation for over 60 days or can’t watch them in time, these older recordings will be deleted.
A Bell spokesperson told The Canadian Press they expect “minimal impact” to Fibe TV customers, as “nearly all” PVR recordings are typically viewed within 60 days. Bell did not share any exact numbers on this data.
Rogers Ignite and its PVR storage lasts for one year. The company told The Canadian Press it has no plans to change that duration as it is there to “help manage storage capacity.”
The move by Bell looks to cut costs, as cloud-based PVR recordings are stored on external servers. If recordings are automatically deleted every 60 days, that reduces the storage it needs to pay for to house customer recordings in the cloud.
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In any other country this company would be held accountable for their nonsense. In Canada it’s just par for the course that you will own nothing and be happy.
And ceo’s are getting millions in bonuses, they cut thousand of jobs, cuts the 365 to 60 days. Solution start by cutting these outrageous bonuses: article from Globe & Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-bce-executive-bonuses/
You should check out the bell support forum on this topic, they are actively manipulating and deleting all posts of people complaining and trying to share the ccts process. They are deleting countless posts and trying to control the conversation. Yet they provide no answers to.anyone as to what rules are being broken within their own forum. The moderators are marking solutions to.resolved issues…
The solution offered was that our on demand services are great, and this only affects people on the 7802 box, which they heavily pushed on people.foe the last 2 years and not.many actually wanted…
These guys are something special and this story deserves more attention…