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TV Policy to be released this week

OTTAWA – We'll find out sometime in the next few days whether or not Canadians will be paying more for their television (among many other things). The CRTC's new policy for conventional television will be released this week, likely tomorrow, said the Commission's chairman last week. In a speech to the British Columbia Association of Broadcasters, which Cartt.ca reported on here, chairman Konrad von Finckenstein told delegates: "Around May 15, we will issue our determinations arising out of our review of over-the-air television."The primary issue is sure to be whether or not Canadians will soon have to pay an additional...