TUESDAY INTERVIEW: CanWest Global CEO Leonard Asper talks TV Review and the future of his company

LEONARD ASPER HAS been front-and-centre on the fight for regulatory change in broadcast television. Of all the broadcast CEOs in Canada, he has stuck his neck out the farthest in demanding things as fee-for-carriage and increased advertising flexibility. As you'll read, much is riding on his company's submission and the eventual new policy emanating from the CRTC decision which will be announced in 2007. During the hearing days, expect much hay to be made on CanWest's request for an extra 50-cents per TV subscriber per month for each conventional broadcaster.At the Canadian Association of Broadcasters annual conference in Vancouver earlier...