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CRTC uses on-line consultation to solicit consumer opinions on TV’s future

OTTAWA-GATINEAU - A new on-line consultation process will allow consumers a different way to express their opinions on the future of television to the CRTC.The consultation tool, which launched Monday and will conclude on December 21 at midnight EST, is part of the Commission's public hearing in to the matter that is scheduled to begin on December 7, 2009 in Gatineau.  As previously reported by Cartt.ca, Heritage Minister James Moore issued an Order-in-Council in September requesting the Commission look into fee-for-carriage from the consumer's point of view. The CRTC is asking consumers and the industry to weigh in on the impact that developments like...