Court will decide if CRTC can force Quebecor to share set-top data

By Denis Carmel

OTTAWA – Back in May, Videotron asked the CRTC to amend its conditions of licence so that it would not be forced to share its cable set-top box audience measurement with Numeris, and pending the decision, it abandoned the industry group working to bring to market that data as part of the ratings systems.CRTC responded June 28th saying that the condition of licence still applies and changed the deadline for providing a measurement system to 15 January 2020.On July 5th, however, Vidéotron announced it intended to challenge in court that CRTC refusal. The company argues “the Broadcasting Act contains no...