Bell says 16 local stations unprofitable without local TV funding
News | 04/17/2012 1:34 am EDT
GATINEAU—Sixteen of Bell Media’s local TV stations are unprofitable without subsidies and face closure if they don’t continue to receive funding from the CRTC’s $100-million local television fund, Mirko Bibic, BCE Inc.’s executive vice-president and chief legal and regulatory officer, told CRTC commissioners at a hearing Monday.
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