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Why are broadcasters asking for fee-for-carriage?

April 26, 2017asking broadcasters fee-for-carriage

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Why are broadcasters asking for fee-for-carriage?

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Cable and satellite companies base their businesses around packaging and retransmitting local television stations to Canadians for a fee. It is both fair and necessary that local stations receive money for the signals they provide cable and satellite companies. Given that conventional television is now in crisis, this money is needed now more than ever.