CTV presents a plan to save local TV

OTTAWA – In its appearance Wednesday before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, CTV called for “swift federal action” to address “the crisis” in local Canadian television, and offered a few ideas of its own. CTV outlined a three point reform plan that it said will “provide a viable new framework for local television”. Not surprisingly, the first point in the presentation called for the immediate implementation of fee-for-carriage. "Fee-for-carriage does not need to impact the consumer nor will it invoke undue harm to the cable and satellite industry," said CTVglobemedia president and CEO Ivan Fecan, in...