More time to comment on expanded production report from big ownership groups

OTTAWA – Stakeholders wishing to weigh in on the new production report set to replace the programs of national interest (PNI) report completed by the large English- and French-language ownership groups now have an extra month to prepare their comments.The CRTC said Monday that comments will now due by March 6, 2019, and not February 6 as it said last month.The move comes in response to a joint procedural request from the Alliance des producteurs francophones du Canada, the Quebec English-Language Production Council, the English-Language Arts Network and On Screen Manitoba, as well as a joint procedural request from Bell Media, Corus Entertainment,...