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CRTC lifts local expression conditions for Quebecor, Bragg on-demand services

News | 11/04/2021 5:40 pm EDT
The CRTC's headquarters at the Terrasses de la Chaudière complex in Gatineau, Que./ Wire Report photo.

The CRTC approved applications by Quebecor Media Inc.’s Videotron and Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink, to amend their on-demand broadcasting licences after the companies considered removing locally-relevant programming to avoid having to comply with burdensome local expression requirements. 

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