COMMUNITY TV: Class action lawsuit demands money back for Vidéotron customers

By Steve Faguy

MONTREAL - Could Vidéotron be forced to refund cash to its TV subscribers for failing to give them proper community access television?A grassroots community TV group that got the CRTC to declare Videotron’s MAtv community channel non-compliant with regulations has filed a class action lawsuit against the company on behalf of all subscribers in the greater Montreal area. The group is seeking a refund of part of the two per cent of gross revenues that are redirected to MAtv for greater Montreal over the past three years (roughly $4 total per subscriber), plus moral and punitive damages of $2 million,...