Videotron's Montreal license renewal should include English-language community TV: artist group

MONTREAL – A group representing 8,000 anglophone artists in Quebec is hoping to convince the CRTC to require Videotron to include an English-language community TV channel in the Montreal-area as a condition of its license, which is up for renewal this summer. The English Language Arts Network (ELAN) said Tuesday it is building an alliance with the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), a not-for-profit which represents 41 English-language community organizations across the province, to intervene at the upcoming CRTC public hearings concerning Vidéotron’s Montreal licence renewal. ELAN says the Videotron licence affects the 600,000 English-speaking Quebecers living in the Greater...