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BCE resubmits Astral bid to broadcast regulator

By Rob Gillies
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TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s largest telecommunications company, BCE Inc., resubmitted a bid to the country’s broadcast regulator to buy Astral Media Inc. for $3.38 billion, the companies said Monday.

The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission blocked a deal last month, saying it would have resulted in an unprecedented level of consolidation in the country’s media landscape.

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