Sun TV granted transmitters in London, Ottawa

OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC Friday granted the request of Quebecor Media’s Sun TV for rebroadcast transmitters in London and Ottawa, Ont. Right now, Sun TV is available only to viewers in the Toronto-Hamilton corridor and the station suffers from such limited exposure when compared to its competitors, all of whom have stations (or multiple stations) in all of the above mentioned markets. While there were the usual protestations from cable companies objecting to yet another channel that has to be squeezed into basic cable, jostling customers yet again, and rival broadcasters worried about losing ad dollars, the Commission approved Sun...