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OMNI licensing decision should be set aside and CRTC chair and vice-chair fired, says ICTV

GATINEAU – Jilted 9(1)(h) license applicant ICTV has filed a petition to the Governor-in-Council demanding federal Cabinet not only set aside the CRTC decision granting Rogers Media a must-carry TV license for OMNI, but also that CRTC chair Ian Scott and vice-chair broadcasting Caroline Simard, be fired.It has also filed a motion for leave to appeal the same CRTC decision to the Federal Court of Appeal.In the petition to the GIC filed late Monday, Independent Community Television Montreal, an independent, not-for-profit community TV operation out of Montreal (which was one of the applicants hoping to win the coveted must-carry license...