Radio / Television News

CTV can’t have CTV.com


MINNEAPOLIS – Saying the Canadian broadcaster doesn’t have world wide rights to the three-letter tandem CTV, the National Arbitration Forum ruled that CTVglobemedia can’t force a Turkish company to give up the ownership of the web domain ctv.com (they could probably buy it, though). Having bought and deployed the web domain to attract traffic for advertisers is a legitimate business use, no matter that the site doesn’t do much. Plus, it’s not linked to the broadcaster (which uses www.ctv.ca) in any way and a three-judge panel ruled 2-1 against CTV’s claim to the domain. “I fail to see why a...