Cartt.ca's TUESDAY INTERVIEW: CAB president Glenn O'Farrell

THE WORD DIGITAL IS A conundrum to Canadian broadcasters of any stripe. It means digital specialty channels, or digital migration of analog channels, or digital over-the-air TV (better known as high definition), or even digital audio. Investing in digital is an expensive proposition. For an over-the-air broadcaster there is no immediate return on investment in upgrading to HD, so many here haven’t done it. Consumers are forcing that change, meaning HD Cancon should be in the offing this fall.. On the radio side, any transition to digital audio broadcasting (DAB) was halted last year once the CRTC decided to hear...