CBC Licence Renewal: Quebecor says CBC needs clearer mandate, to get out of ads, shutter tou.tv

MONTREAL — Quebecor today publicized the intervention it filed with the CRTC, asking to appear at the public hearing into CBC/Radio-Canada’s licence renewal in May, where it will argue the public broadcaster needs to be given a clear public service mandate. In a news release issued Monday, Quebecor says it agrees with the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review panel report that CBC/Radio-Canada should be “animated by a public purpose and not a commercial one.” Among the questions Quebecor would like raised during the public hearing are the following: Is it desirable for the public broadcaster to be driven by a...