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Don’t forget small players – S-VOX CEO to CRTC

TORONTO - The interests of small and independent Canadian broadcasters are at risk of being trampled by the industry’s giants in the current regulatory proceeding on the future of the broadcast system, warns Bill Roberts, president and CEO of S-VOX, which operates the multi-faith and multicultural specialty television service VisionTV. "This hearing has so far been a war of the giants, with conventional broadcasters and broadcast distribution undertakings to make certain that smaller players do not get caught in the crossfire." S-VOX will make its presentation to the commission next Tuesday, April 22. Roberts says the hearing is not about...