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Government Directs CRTC To Consider Fee-For-Carriage

By Michael Geist

Following on yesterday's post on how Conservative MPs submitted comments to the CRTC in support of fee-for-carriage, this morning Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore announced an Order-in-Council directing the CRTC to hold hearings and report back on a fee-for-carriage system in Canada.  The challenge, as noted yesterday, is the possibility of establishing a system that does not lead to new cable and satellite costs for consumers.  Potential options include new regulatory oversight over cable and satellite billing or the more unlikely prospect of allowing consumers to opt-in (or opt-out) of local programming.

Full post as published by Michael Geist on September 17, 2009 (boomark / email).