CRTC approval of CPAC rate increase provides broadcaster with short-term solution, says CEO

'It provides a small degree of operational relief,' says Christa Dickenson of the monthly three-cent-per-subscriber boost, 'but the reality is that [cable] subscriber losses are accelerating, and this increase has been a long time coming.'
CPAC CEO Christa Dickenson says the boost to channel's wholesale fee, which will take effect on Sept. 1, only provides the broadcaster with a short-term solution.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has approved Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc.’s rate increase request five months after it deferred the decision to make way for the continued implementation of the modernized Broadcasting Act. ...

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