LET’S TALK TV: Simsub stays (but not for future Super Bowls) and local stations can’t shutter transmitters

LONDON – Saying the Commission can not and will not tear down what’s working now in favour of what’s coming in the future, CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais announced this morning that local TV stations have to keep running their OTA transmitters – and that simultaneous substitution is here to stay – with some tough new rules.However, simsub will be eliminated for Super Bowls, beginning with the 2016 National Football League season. The local television decisions announced today by the chairman are part of the Regulator’s conclusions from the 15-month-long Let’s Talk TV policy review launched in the fall of 2013.In...