OTA Hearing: Song remains the same, but it's sung with more urgency

GATINEAU – Looking around the CRTC hearing room Tuesday in Gatineau many of the exact same faces were in the exact same places making the exact same cases as they were 12 months ago. Last year it was the combined BDU and specialty policy review hearing while this year it’s the license renewals hearing for conventional broadcasters. Same concert hall. Same tune. Same singers. Sung with more urgency though, this time around. Despite the passage of a year and the new name of the hearing, the central issue is the same: broadcasters want more money for their signals and cable...