CBSC calls strike three for V’s “misleading” call-in contest show

OTTAWA – A call-in contest program that airs on French-language channel V has been nailed for a third time by Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) for violating the contest provision of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics.In a decision released Wednesday, the CBSC said that its investigation into L’instant gagnant concluded that some of the show’s puzzles lacked transparency and were misleading. This is a third violation of Clause 12 of the CAB’s Code of Ethics for L’instant gagnant, after similar decisions issued in December 2012 and April 2013.Produced and paid for by TeleMedia InteracTV, L’instant gagnant is...