NEW PAY TV APPS: Producers post positive proposals (mostly)

OTTAWA – Not every intervention filed with the CRTC over the four new pay TV license applicants were negative. Many were overwhelmingly supportive. As reported previously, four groups are vying for new must-carry pay TV licenses from the Commission and will face a hearing on October 24th. The applicants are: Spotlight TV, a bid led by former Alliance Atlantis executive George Burger (backed by Insight Media and now Bell ExpressVu); One from Allarco (backed by the Allard family, the former owners of WIC Broadcasting); another from a division of Quebecor Media for BOOM TV, and a unique application for The...