OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC will dig into the policy framework for broadcast distribution undertakings and specialty services in a hearing beginning January 28th.
The Commission will be looking at all policies relating to both, with specific emphasis on items like genre exclusivity; access rules (requirement by BDUs to distribute some or all pay and specialty services) and preponderance rules (requirement to carry a majority Canadian services); distribution and linkage requirements; advertising on VOD and PPV
And look for cable operators to bring back to the table other contentious items such as selling the local avail ad time on U.S. cable channels.
The comments deadline is October 9, 2007.
More to come.
