Canadian b'casters take carriage fight public

Nov 04, 2009

TORONTO -- Rarely has Canadian industry negotiations been fought out with such a public war of words. Canadian broadcasters, looking to get domestic cable and satellite TV operators to compensate them for local TV station signals, in recent weeks turned to full-page newspaper ads, TV commercials and even Facebook and Twitter to get Canadians to back their "Local TV Matters" campaign. Halifax musician Dave Carroll even produced a YouTube video for the broadcasters, with lyrics that...More