$100-million distant signal battle settled prior to Copyright Board hearing (corrected)

OTTAWA – The Copyright Board of Canada was all set to hear from nine different groups on Tuesday in order to decide how a fund of more than $100 million annually would be divided up among various content creators. However, over the weekend, the matter was settled between the parties. As some may know, there is a tariff paid by Canadian television distributors for the retransmission of distant broadcast TV signals and while the rate those carriers would be paying for the next five years had already been accepted, the way the pie would be sliced was not and the...