Radio / Television News

Cogeco thinks its community channels are “doing an exceptional job”

MONTREAL – Add Cogeco Cable to the list of cable companies who feel that their community TV channels are working fine as is.At its appearance Wednesday at the CRTC community TV poilcy hearing, Cogeco offered up independent surveys by Environics Research Group and Cible Recherche that found that approximately 41% of its Ontario households watch TVCOGECO on a weekly basis, and that 90% of the people served said that they believe that the channel “provides a valuable service to the community”.In Quebec, 57% of Cogeco’s customers watch TVCOGECO every week, a rate that is higher than the 65% observed in communities...