UPDATED: Why musicians and music video makers may be the first Talk TV unintended consequences

By Linda Stuart

TORONTO — A growing number of voices in the music industry are raising concerns about proposed changes to the broadcast licences for Bell Media’s Much and M3 specialty channels as well as Corus Entertainment’s Country Music Television (CMT) channel.In both cases, Bell Media and Corus seem to be trying to get a jump on the reduced Canadian content requirements that will result from the Let’s Talk TV proceeding, but which were not expected to be fully implemented until the next licence renewal for the services (the CRTC has set a group licence renewal deadline of August 31, 2017). And that...