Cable / Telecom News

Shaw tells Commission it has to wait on 614 before ruling on 411

GATINEAU – The Shaw Communications legal team and the Commission share a difference of opinion.Qu’elle surprise, you’re thinking.However, the one that arose Wednesday as Shaw faced the Commission during 2009-614 (the hearing forced by an Order-In-Council that will inform a report to the Heritage Ministry on establishing a value for signal regime for local broadcasters) was a different conflict than some of the others we’ve followed between Shaw and the Regulator.In its opener on Wednesday afternoon, Shaw’s SVP regulatory, Jean Brazeau, insisted that the CRTC can not issue a policy ruling on the hearing held last month on setting a...