CACTUS accuses CRTC of keeping Canadians in the dark about community TV

OTTAWA – CACTUS has some prickly words for the CRTC.As the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) prepares for the Regulator’s review of community TV in April, it has accused the Commission of denying Canadians access to information about the 139 cable-run community channels in Canada."The lack of publicity by the CRTC about this important hearing along with the absence of meaningful and objective data, together deny Canadians the opportunity to understand how $116 million dollars that cable subscribers paid for community TV in 2008 alone, were actually spent”, said spokesperson Cathy Edwards, in a statement.Edwards said...