Four new Cat 2s receive CRTC approval

OTTAWA – The CRTC has given the green light to four new broadcasting licences for category two specialty television services.The Family Channel received approval for ‘Family Extreme’, a national, English-language service that will offer programming from around the world devoted to entertainment, humour, travel, games, science and technology and targeted toward children aged 6 to 17 years and their families.Fairchild Television was granted licences for ‘Fairchild Television II’ and ‘Talentvision II’, two national, third-language general interest ethnic services which promise to offer information and entertainment in the Cantonese and Mandarin language, respectively.‘Music India 2 Television’ also received Commission approval. The national,...