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CBC, CTV urge commission not to give Sun TV ‘preferential treatment’

News | 06/28/2010 9:22 pm EDT

CBC and CTV say a CRTC decision granting Sun TV News a limited-term “must-carry” licence would amount to “preferential treatment” and a move “backwards” as the broadcasters’ all-news channels prepare to lose their must-carry status and convert to competitive news services next year.

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