Saturday, May 16, 2009

CRTC drops controversial condition on TV licence renewals

The CRTC has decided to hold back on requiring English-language television broadcasters to spend as much on Canadian programming as they do on foreign shows. The requirement has been put off for at least a year.

The regulator also agreed to hold hearings in the fall that would explore remuneration for signals currently carried by cable and satellite companies for free.

Meanwhile, it will grant one-year licence renewals to four major broadcasters -- CTVglobemedia, Canwest Global Communications, the City-TV stations operated by Rogers Communications and Sun-TV, which is owned by Quebecor Inc.

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