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COMMENTARY: Killing us softly with your prolong(ing). Cancon makers are getting killed

IN CANADIAN TELEVISIONVILLE, the big stories of past couple weeks have been a new TV policy release from the CRTC and the release of the new CMF (Canada Media Fund) guidelines. But in my opinion, there is an even bigger story out there that hasn't been getting near the press it deserves... though it was recently touched on by Karen Mazurkewich in the Financial Post.Canuck content providers are getting killed, as Mazurkewich’s story reads:Arnie Gelbart has survived the cyclical waves of the Canadian broadcast industry before. But there is no way to sugarcoat this recession. "It's been a tough year,"...