CBC can't cut TV service to Saint John, says CRTC

OTTAWA - The CRTC has turned down a request from CBC to add a post-transition digital transmitter to its English-language conventional television station CBAT-TV Fredericton/Saint John.Noting that the proposal would result in a loss of over-the-air TV service to the residents of Saint John, the Commission cited its Revised licensing framework for over-the-air digital television services policy whereby broadcasters are encouraged to provide digital coverage that matches their current analog coverage. “The Commission notes that the proposed digital transmitter would be located such that it would provide service to only one of the two markets served by the existing analog...