Rogers, Channel M to face off again

GATINEAU – It's shades of 2002 as Rogers Media and MVBC Holdings (owner of Vancouver's ethnic station channel m) are once again vying for the same thing out west. Actually, the companies will go toe-to-toe for ethnic stations in two cities, Edmonton and Calgary, this time, as each has applied for ethnic TV broadcast licenses to serve the two cities. The hearing is set for February 12th in Calgary. In 2002, Rogers wanted to launch OMNI TV in Vancouver, copying the business plan of its ethnic station in Toronto and applied for a license there. However, the Commission, citing local...