CRTC decision mostly "good news", says CEP

OTTAWA – Word that the CRTC has - for the first time - made local programming a condition of license for most over-the-air television stations is “good news”, says the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP). However, the media union continued, it would be “very troubling” if the CRTC allowed some stations to broadcast fewer local programming hours than they have to date, even if for only a period of one year, cautioned Peter Murdoch, CEP’s vice president of media. "We believe that the terms set out by the CRTC should mean that stations currently on the brink...