Radio / Television News

Cassaday wants next government to re-visit industry regs

TORONTO – In his speech to shareholders during Corus Entertainment’s annual general meeting on Thursday, company president and CEO John Cassaday decried the state of government policy when it comes to TV and radio regs. “While it is true that companies such as Corus have performed well in the past, in this time of unprecedented technological change and global flows, we cannot take the future prosperity of our sector for granted,” he said. What follows is an excerpt of his written speech: Our view is that the agencies responsible for regulating our industry are not sufficiently aligned behind the broad...