CBC applies to amend bold's licence

OTTAWA – The CBC has formerly applied to amend the broadcast licence of its specialty channel 'bold', formerly known as 'Country Canada'.The pubcaster re-launched its category 1 specialty Country Canada as bold on March 27 2008, after telling the CRTC that the change could be done without amending the nature of service of Country Canada. But the Commission disagreed, and scheduled a hearing to determine whether the way that CBC re-branded the channel had negatively impacted “the integrity of the licensing process”. The CRTC suspended the hearing after CBC agreed to make a formal application.In Broadcasting Notice of Consulation CRTC...