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The TUESDAY INTERVIEW: Onus falls on the applicant. Len Katz talks about the CRTC’s restructuring

FORMER ROGERS EXECUTIVE Len Katz has been overseeing the restructuring and re-organization of the administrative functions of the CRTC. As reported by www.cartt.ca, the Commission's processes have been streamlined and the structure from which it works, remodeled. A new "centre pod" of oversight that will examine new technologies, help navigate the paths upon which those technologies lead us, and help bring together the telecom and broadcast portions of this converged industry, has been created. Some in the industry will say it's long overdue. Others will chafe at the changes because one of those alterations means that applicants – no matter...