Correction: 2009-411 Day Nine -Group licensing "not in the best interests of the system," says Score

GATINEAU – Group licensing has the potential to throw the Canadian broadcasting system on end, while benefiting consolidated broadcasters and hurting small independents, according to Score Media CEO John Levy.The company, which operates the sports specialty service The Score, contends group licensing is “not in the best interests of the Canadian broadcasting system.”“This is not coming from my love of existing rules (which include genre exclusivity, and specific expenditure requirements for each specialty channel),” he said during questioning. Group licensing with group-wide Canadian content expenditures would allow large broadcasters with many channels to engage in “genre arbitrage,” said Levy.He explained...