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Silos dismantled at CAB

OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters has restructured so that the issues facing its members are looked at as a whole and not so much within the traditional silos of the industry. Last November, CAB members faced a choice: Do nothing and watch the association drift and perhaps suffer the same fate as the former Canadian Cable Television Association (which disintegrated in 2006 partly because of the varied, competing, interests of its members); or work on altering and revitalizing the lobby group. "A year ago, there clearly were two unspoken avenues for considering the future of the CAB. One...