Cable / Telecom News

Commission considers requests to add more foreign channels to eligibility list

GATINEAU – The CRTC is considering requests from Videotron and Rogers Cable to add more foreign channels to the list of eligible satellite non-Canadian services that can be carried here on digital. The commission is calling for comments on the proposed addition of seven services, described below from the cablecos’ proposals. From Videotron: * XXL, a service from France, entirely in the French language and offering adult content, mainly erotic films, series, and magazine programs programmed in a four-hour block that is repeated throughout the broadcast day, seven days a week. From Rogers: * De Pelicula Channel, a niche service...