Community channels should get more funding, ability to sell local ads, says group

PLESSISVILLE, QC – Community channels should have the right to sell local advertising to help fund new programming, says The Federation of Autonomous Community Television of Quebec.The group, who plans to appear at this month’s CRTC community channel policy review hearing, says community channels are “in urgent need” of additional sources of funding to upgrade facilities to in order to ensure that they can produce digital and high definition programming. "The permission to present traditional advertising would bring an increase in local revenues certainly higher than those of the sponsorship as it is currently practiced”, said Federation president Sonya Package,...