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| Montreal: Sparks fly over Al-Jazeera |
| 2004-07-16 |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #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 |
| #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 |