TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s broadcast regulator rejected BCE Inc.’s bid to buy Astral Media Inc. for US$3.4 billion on Thursday, saying the deal would have resulted in an unprecedented level of consolidation in the country’s media landscape.
BCE, Canada’s largest telecommunications company, said it was “appalled” by the decision and vowed it would ask the federal cabinet to intervene.
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