Canada

CRTC Releases Yet Another "Paternalistic" Community TV Policy

August 27, 2010
Ottawa (August 28,2010) After eight long years of complaints from the Canadian public that they have been excluded from "community TV channels" on cable, the CRTC yesterday released a new community TV policy for Canada that is little better than the existing policy.

More than 3,000 Canadians Endorse Community Ownership of Community TV

April 24, 2010


Letter from Canada (French Below)

September 23, 2009

Illustration from an article entitled: "How cable companies and the CRTC’s lenience are killing what’s left of community TV"
....from the Fast Forward web site.

This is a letter from Catherine Edwards

Dear Friends of Community TV

New Hope for Community TV in Canada

June 29, 2009
By Carlito Pablo
A report tabled in Parliament by the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has given some measure of hope to advocates of independent community television.

After more than a decade, community television producers again may be able to access public funds for programming purposes.