If I recall correctly, that study was filed with us in some of our proceedings and we did take that into consideration, because when we set out Let's Talk TV, we set out what our road map would be so that people could, in effect, study and provide comment as to what we were putting in place. We have looked at that study in the context of making our decision, so we took it under consideration, and I believe we also commented on some of the assumptions that were made in that study in our own decision. I think our assumptions were that some of those dire consequences were overstated, in our view.
I think many of the changes that we have put in place that they were concerned about were with respect to slimmer packages—the “skinny basic” issues about allowing Canadians to pick and choose their channels—the impact that those studies may have on the subscriptions to individual channels, and the possibility that some channels may go dark. We have yet to see that dire consequence. Admittedly, we are still at the beginning of the process. We only started to put in place last March the first steps, but we've seen actions in the market.
We have also put in place a wholesale code to ensure that the negotiations between BDUs and programming services, which they were concerned about going dark, are done in a guided manner with this code. We've also put in place alternate dispute mechanisms to help companies resolve issues with respect to negotiations, because one of the great fears was that companies would, on one part, deal rather severely with smaller companies, and hence they might go dark, or that consumers may not subscribe to them because they would not be made available in a bundle package as they are now.
One of the elements of our wholesale code is that small independent services must be made available, over and above pick and pay, in some form of package to help alleviate the marketing concerns going forward.