The Last Must-Carry: "It seems the threat of OMNI's shutdown has again resulted in another bailout"

By Denis Carmel

GATINEAU – So much work and hope was dashed yesterday for those hoping to replace Rogers Media’s OMNI on the TV dial.The CRTC has decided Rogers will continue to operate its must-carry national ethnic language TV channel after renewing its license for OMNI Regional for three more years until August 2023. Its current license expires next summer.This means the Commission has denied all of the other hopefuls, each of whom had rather interesting proposals for a new channel to serve the ethnic market.“The new service, which will succeed Rogers’ existing OMNI Regional service, will be available on all digital basic...