Commission listened to small cable, says CCSA

QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance gave its thumbs up to the CRTC’s new policy framework released yesterday, particularly - and predictably - the initiatives designed to assist smaller cable companies in launching new digital and high definition television services. “We had feared that this proceeding had been overtaken by conventional television’s renewed demands for new carriage fees,” said Chris Edwards, the CCSA’s regulatory vice-president in a press release today. “It is clear to us that, throughout this massive public proceeding, the CRTC paid very close attention to our submissions on behalf of small distributors and their customers,”...