Radio / Television News

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Wrong organization

Dear Editor, The purpose of this letter is to clarify and correct certain references made in recent articles published by Cartt.ca summarizing the CFTPA’s submission to the CRTC’s review of its regulatory framework for over-the-air television (Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2006-5). Specifically, the October 5 article titled “TV POLICY REVIEW: Dropping the 12-minute limit as TV reaches a tipping point” states that the CFTPA is in favour of fee-for-carriage of over-the-air television signals. In fact, we took a neutral stance on the fee-for-carriage issue. To clarify, we neither endorse nor oppose the concept of fee-for-carriage. We do, however,...