No fee for carriage decision in Heritage committee's TV report

OTTAWA – After dominating the three months worth of hearings earlier this Spring, the House of Commons committee on Canadian Heritage left out any recommendation on the controversial issue of fee for carriage in its report on the state of local television released Friday. The committee heard testimony from 45 different groups in March, April and May about the issues and challenges facing Canada's TV industry, from the importance of local television, to the fragmentation of TV audiences, through to declining advertising revenues. Made up of MPs from all of the federal parties, the standing committee’s report made 18 recommendations...