Spike TV contends it’s non-competitive with Canadian services, deserves carriage
Broadcast | May 21, 2004
Spike TV complements rather than competes with other Canadian specialty channels, the service tells the CRTC, despite assertions to the contrary by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB). In a May 17 submission to the regulator, Spike TV tells the CRTC that its controversial rebranding is simply to keep pace with the changing tastes of its target audience – the 18 to 49-year-old middle class, working male. Spike TV president Albie Hecht writes to the commission that removing the channel from the list of foreign services eligible for carriage in Canada or changing its carriage status is "entirely unwarranted and unfair."
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