CPAC renewed as must-carry amidst more licence renewal decisions

OTTAWA – The CRTC has renewed the broadcast licence for the national discretionary services known as Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC), as well as their mandatory distribution order.A federally incorporated, not-for-profit company owned by companies in the cable television industry, CPAC Inc. operates licensed public affairs programming services in English and in French. These services are complementary to the exempt programming services it also operates, which provide coverage of the proceedings of the House of Commons and of the committees of the House and Senate.The Commission also agreed to CPAC’s request to increase its regulated per subscriber monthly wholesale rate...