TORONTO — Bell Fibe subscribers are being warned that TV reveals and films saved on their PVRs will vanish a lot quicker beginning subsequent month.
The telecom big has notified customers of its Bell Fibe cloud-based private video recorder that on Could 1 it can start deleting their recordings after 60 days.
Beforehand, the Bell Fibe service allowed viewers to avoid wasting recordings for 12 months.
Bell says subscribers shall be reminded 15 days earlier than a recording expires.
A consultant says the corporate anticipates “minimal affect” to prospects since viewing of “practically all” recordings takes place inside 60 days.
Fellow telecom big Rogers presents an analogous cloud-based PVR possibility by way of Rogers Ignite the place recordings are robotically deleted after one 12 months.
A Rogers spokesperson says the corporate has “no plans” to vary that expiry interval, which exists to “assist handle storage capability.”
Lately, Bell and different TV suppliers inspired their prospects to transition away from bodily PVRs — which saved recordings on the {hardware} — to cloud-based programs.
The upside was viewers might entry saved programming on televisions in addition to cellphones and different units. Nonetheless, it additionally meant that the suppliers needed to retailer the high-definition programming on outdoors servers, which got here at a price.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed April 5, 2024.
David Buddy, The Canadian Press
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Bell Fibe subscribers are being warned that TV reveals and films saved on their PVRs will begin to vanish a lot quicker starting subsequent month. Bell Canada signage is pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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