Deadline for French-language TV regulatory framework comments pushed back

OTTAWA – The CRTC has extended the deadline for interventions related to the development of a regulatory framework for the French-language television market.Comments and interventions are now due by September 27, two business days later than its original deadline of September 23, 2011, the Commission said Wednesday.Scheduled for December 5 at the Omni Mont-Royal Hotel in Montreal, the hearing will also seek to renew the broadcast licences for Astral Media, Quebecor Media and Serdy Media, plus review of certain conditions of licence for V Interactions Inc.www.crtc.gc.ca