OTTAWA – The CRTC has received nearly 15,000 submissions - and counting - on the issues of fee for carriage and the digital transition after encouraging Canadians to take part in the public consultation process that ended Monday.According to the broadcaster backed coalition ‘Local TV Matters’, support for local TV has been “unprecedented”.“We are overwhelmed by the outpouring of clear and unequivocal support for our position," said Paul Sparkes, EVP of corporate affairs for CTVglobemedia, in a statement on Wednesday. "Canadian consumers were not fooled, they understood the issues, and we can't thank them enough."The group said that more than 130,000...
