Crull promises no surprises at Bell-Astral hearing II

By Steve Faguy

MONTREAL - Bell learned its lesson after the CRTC refused its request to acquire Astral Media last fall and, among other things, the company won't be making any surprise changes to its proposal when it goes in front of the commission May 6 for its second attempt. That's what Bell Media president Kevin Crull told reporters Friday after a speech to the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television in Montreal. In that speech, delivered in English in the presence of Astral executives Ian Greenberg and Jacques Parisien, he reassured francophone TV and film producers that the acquisition would result in...