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CRTC ordered to reconsider licence renewal decisions amidst PNI debate


Feds underscore support for CanCon ahead of fall's ‘Canadian Content in a Digital World’ announcement GATINEAU – Heeding the outcry from Canada’s creative community, the Governor in Council has ordered the CRTC to reconsider its group licence renewal decisions for large television broadcasters that, among other changes, lowered the amount that major broadcasters must spend on Programs of National Interest (PNI). The rare move came late Monday, followed by a statement by Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly who said that the federal government wants the Commission to review its May decisions to renew the licenses for the television services of the...