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Sylvie Courtemanche named new CBSC chair

OTTAWA – Former Corus exec Sylvie Courtemanche is joining the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) as its new chair, replacing the retiring Andrée Noël.Courtemanche (pictured) was most recently a senior executive at Corus for both regulatory matters and government relations.  Prior to that, she was EVP policy and regulatory affairs for the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, legal counsel at the CRTC for several years, plus had her own consulting practice related to broadcasting and telecommunications in Canada“Sylvie is well known to all industry stakeholders and has over 25 years’ experience in the broadcasting industry and in the public sector”, said CAB...