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Consumers can buy TV channels a la carte: CRTC chair (Canada.com)

October 31st, 2008 by

The CRTC, the federal broadcast regulator, released a new set of rules this past week for the television industry, but turned down a request by conventional TV broadcasters to charge cable and satellite companies a fee for their signals.

First TV channel for gay men to go on air in Germany (AFP via Yahoo! News)

October 31st, 2008 by

Germany’s first television station for gay men will go on air this week offering entertainment and news with homosexual themes via satellite and cable, the new TIMM channel said Friday.

Consumers can buy TV channels a la carte: CRTC chair (Regina Leader-Post)

October 31st, 2008 by

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, the federal broadcast regulator, released a new set of rules this past week for the television industry, but turned down a request by conventional TV broadcasters to charge cable and satellite companies a fee for their signals.

New ASTRA 1M satellite ready for launch on 6 November (Digital Television Group)

October 31st, 2008 by

SES ASTRA has announced that its new ASTRA 1M satellite is now ready for launch on 6 November 2008. The satellite has been fully integrated into the fairing of the launch vehicle, a Proton Breeze M rocket, and will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

TV consumers get more freedom to pick cable channels (Canada.com)

October 30th, 2008 by

The federal broadcast regulator has denied the request from over-the-air broadcasters to charge cable and satellite operators for their signals, while granting TV consumers some additional freedom to pick and choose what channels they want as part of a cable package.

Canada regulator rejects broadcaster fee request (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

October 30th, 2008 by

Canada’s main broadcasting regulator released a new set of rules for the television industry on Thursday, but turned down a request by conventional TV broadcasters to charge cable and satellite companies a fee for their signals.

CRTC tweaks TV system, rejects extra cable charges for conventional signals (MSN Money Canada)

October 30th, 2008 by

GATINEAU, Que. - The federal broadcast regulator has turned down broadcasters’ demand to be paid for their signals carried on cable and satellite TV.

CRTC tweaks TV system (Calgary Sun)

October 30th, 2008 by

GATINEAU, Que. — The federal broadcast regulator has turned down broadcasters’ demand to be paid for their signals carried on cable and satellite TV.

TV networks denied bid to charge for signal (The Globe and Mail)

October 30th, 2008 by

Canada’s biggest broadcasters had sought to charge cable, satellite firms; move would have been worth nearly $300-million a year

CRTC tweaks TV system, rejects extra cable charges for conventional signals (CNews)

October 30th, 2008 by

GATINEAU, Que. - The federal broadcast regulator has turned down broadcasters’ demand to be paid for their signals carried on cable and satellite TV.

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