Satellite, but not cable, can charge consumers for FFC, suggests Friends of Canadian Broadcasting

TORONTO – Not to be left out of the current fee-for-carriage debate, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has asked the CRTC to consider re-regulating cable’s basic rates, and to ensure that any signal compensation costs can not be passed through to subscribers.In a submission to the Commission earlier this week, the self described independent watchdog for Canadian programming also proposed that satellite distributors be allowed to charge FFC costs with no mark-up until such time as they achieve a 10% PBIT. “This compensation should be allocated nationally based on population and linguistic composition”, the submission reads.The group also proposes that the compensation...