ADR-TV owner goes on the offensive on the Hill even after channel goes dark

By Steve Faguy

Newspaper ad targets Heritage MinisterMONTREAL – Avis de recherche, the Quebec TV channel devoted to public safety, is off the air. Its studios are empty, and its staff that reached 20 people at its peak were all laid off after the three major providers in the province, Vidéotron, Cogeco and Bell, dropped it at the end of April.That hasn't stopped owner Vincent Géracitano from continuing his crusade to find some deus ex machina to bring it back. With appeals to the CRTC and federal court exhausted, he's gone to publicly appealing to Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly directly, and his tactics...