Many want to keep Weather Network on basic

OAKVILLE - Thousands of Canadians want The Weather Network to stay on basic cable, the company announced this afternoon. As Cartt.ca has been reporting, the CRTC is considering applications for the establishment of a "digital basic" tier, where channels like TWN and others would maintain their places in cable channel lineups when digital migration happens. The intervention submission deadline was yesterday.(The hearing is March 27th, not 26th, as we had reported as the CRTC altered its schedule due to the Quebec provincial election that Monday.) The Weather Network says almost 7,000 letters, e-mails, faxes and petitions have arrived in support...