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2004-07-16 Great White North

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-07-16 20:01|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Here's another news article on the CRTC's decision. CRTC=bureaucratic ship of fools
"Cable balks at Al-Jazeera ruling"
http://www.thestar.com

Posted by rex 2004-07-16 8:24:20 PM|| 2004-07-16 8:24:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Rex, thanks for that folow up from the Star. This portion makes a key point:

'The ruling was one of several yesterday dealing with foreign-language broadcasters. In another controversial decision, the CRTC turned down an application to offer Italy's RAI International as a digital specialty service through cable or satellite.

More than 100,000 Italian-Canadians signed petitions favouring the RAI application to broadcast 24 hours a day in Canada. And some Liberal MPs were vowing to fight to overturn the decision.

But while that decision angered Italian-Canadians, the cable industry wasn't celebrating the Al-Jazeera decision.' It continues in the Star's link.

It seems as though some strings have been pulled by Muslims with lots of $$$$$$

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-07-16 8:29:20 PM|| 2004-07-16 8:29:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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