CBC's Regina signal should be on satellite: CRTCSep 11, 2009 Source: CBC NewsThe Star Choice satellite television company has been told it should offer the CBC Regina signal to subscribers.The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunication Commission made the ruling in a decision released Friday. The CRTC is the federal agency that oversees broadcast licences. The agency became involved following a complaint lodged by the CBC in May 2008, when the corporation's signal was dropped from the Star Choice lineup. Star Choice said it had to delete a number of signals due to limitations in its technical capacity. The CRTC, however, did not buy that argument. "The commission acknowledges Star Choice's concerns about capacity and recognizes its efforts to manage it in accordance with customer demand," the CRTC decision says. "However, the commission is of the view that the licensee has not provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate that an amendment to condition of licence number 6 is necessary to permit it to manage capacity constraints or to justify a departure from commission policy." Star Choice has been given two weeks to decide how it plans to comply with the CRTC directive. To comply with the CRTC policy, Star Choice has been told to add another CBC station to its lineup. The CRTC has recommended that it should choose the CBC Regina signal. © CBC |
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