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Bridges burned: Rogers responds

TORONTO – While Rogers Cable has no issue with people petitioning the company to carry certain channels, it strenuously objected to the tactics deployed by Bridges TV last week, as reported by Cartt.ca.The English language Muslim-focused channel challenged Rogers on a number of fronts, accusing the cable company of discriminating against the Muslim community in an egregiously worded press release. Rogers spokesperson Taanta Gupta said the decision to keep Bridges on the sidelines has nothing to do with the channel's content and everything to do with their contract demands. "They want to be paid a fee for every single digital subscriber...