Radio / Television News

Three more cat 2s approved

GATINEAU – Three more category two digital specialty channels (two fully HD) were approved by the CRTC today. The Family Channel received a license for The Parent Channel, which will be devoted to providing informative and entertaining programming to parents and caregivers and children from infancy through the teen years. The service will focus on educational themes of interest to parents and caregivers such as discipline, safety and emotional and physical development, according to its license.Documentary producer and cinematographer John Panikkar received two category two licenses called OasisHD and ArtefactHD. Oasis sounds a bit like a lot of the HD...