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Current TV heading to Canada
Friday June 12th 2009TORONTO — Al Gore’s Current TV has received a green light to go north with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has OK’d a Canadian launch for the user-generated TV news and current affairs service in the fall.
The CRTC ordered that 35% of the user-generated content on the proposed Current Canada service, a joint venture with Canada’s public broadcaster, must be Canadian-driven.
The Canadia Current TV service will feature a Web site and a domestic digital channel.
And in line with Canadian ownership rules, the CBC will hold an 80% interest in the operating company Current Media Canada, with the U.S.-based Current TV retaining a 20% voting interest.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Headline, Industry News
Current TV heading to Canada
Friday June 12th 2009TORONTO — Al Gore’s Current TV has received a green light to go north with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has OK’d a Canadian launch for the user-generated TV news and current affairs service in the fall.
The CRTC ordered that 35% of the user-generated content on the proposed Current Canada service, a joint venture with Canada’s public broadcaster, must be Canadian-driven.
The Canadia Current TV service will feature a Web site and a domestic digital channel.
And in line with Canadian ownership rules, the CBC will hold an 80% interest in the operating company Current Media Canada, with the U.S.-based Current TV retaining a 20% voting interest.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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Headline, Industry News
Current TV heading to Canada
Friday June 12th 2009TORONTO — Al Gore’s Current TV has received a green light to go north with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has OK’d a Canadian launch for the user-generated TV news and current affairs service in the fall.
The CRTC ordered that 35% of the user-generated content on the proposed Current Canada service, a joint venture with Canada’s public broadcaster, must be Canadian-driven.
The Canadia Current TV service will feature a Web site and a domestic digital channel.
And in line with Canadian ownership rules, the CBC will hold an 80% interest in the operating company Current Media Canada, with the U.S.-based Current TV retaining a 20% voting interest.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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