OPINION: For quarrelling broadcasters and carriers - the consumer is in the driver's seat

By Christopher Maule, Professor Emeritus, Carleton UniversityTHE BATTLE BETWEEN CANADIAN BROADCASTERS and cable companies taking place before the CRTC is about the past and the disappearing present and not about the future of traditional television and other forms of video.If the protagonists and the Commission are to consider the public interest as reflected by how consumers spend their money and time, they need to look for ways to profit from what consumers want instead of struggling over what consumers have been forced to take.Today, consumers use their Kindle and computers to read books and view pictures, use their iPhones and...