The CRTC, Canada’s TV gatekeeper has turned down the application by Sun News to be seen on basic cable. But in doing so it has come up with an idea which seem so sensible you wonder why it has taken so long to come forward. Put all the news channels in one place on the cable menu. News consumers would have a convenient, coherent way of checking the news in multiple places and give every service a chance to strut its stuff. The CRTC is calling for public and industry in-put and adds it will “act swiftly” to create this “Information Alley” as the Bulldog has named it. Put all-news channels in one place says the CRTC
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The CRTC, Canada’s TV gatekeeper has turned down the application by Sun News to be seen on basic cable. But in doing so it has come up with an idea which seem so sensible you wonder why it has taken so long to come forward. Put all the news channels in one place on the cable menu. News consumers would have a convenient, coherent way of checking the news in multiple places and give every service a chance to strut its stuff. The CRTC is calling for public and industry in-put and adds it will “act swiftly” to create this “Information Alley” as the Bulldog has named it. 