BDU & SPECIALTY DECISION: There's a new fee, but no fee for carriage, and many other changes

OTTAWA – There will be no new fee for the carriage of broadcast signals in Canada. But a new levy is being imposed to help boost local programming. No fee, but a new fee * One of the first items in the press release announcing the new policies governing broadcast distribution undertakings and specialty services (and the over-the-air fee-for-carriage issue) was the Commission’s desire to boost local programming. “The desire for better local programming in Canada’s smaller markets was clearly made evident during this proceeding,” CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein said in the Commission release today. “We have taken concrete...