CMPA backs out of legal case challenging Corus relief

By Ahmad Hathout The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) has been granted Wednesday a discontinuance of its legal challenge against a CRTC decision that temporarily relieved Corus of some of its regulatory obligations. The ruling was a consent judgment, meaning the justice acted on an agreement by both parties – the CMPA and Corus – to end the litigation on a without-costs basis. The decision stands in contrast to what the trade group for independent producers told Cartt in late March, which was that it was going to pursue the legal challenge that sought to argue that the CRTC should...