Rogers to Acquire certain Canadian conventional Tv Assets From CTVglobemedia

[Yeziknoradio]

Rogers to aquire from CTVglobemedia:

-The A-Channel station group of six over-the-air conventional broadcast television stations including CIVI Victoria, CHWI Windsor,
CKNX Wingham, CFPL London, CKVR Barrie, and CHRO Ottawa

Also, Rogers to acquire:

-CKX-Television, an over-the-air conventional CBC affiliate based in Brandon, Manitoba broadcasting CBC, local and syndicated programming to Western Manitoba and Eastern Saskatchewan

-ACCESS Alberta, the designated provincial educational television broadcaster for Alberta, available over-the-air and via cable,
satellite and telco distributors

-CLT (Canadian Learning Television), Canada's only national educational television specialty service designed to inform, enrich and educate, available via cable, satellite and telco distributors

-SexTV: The Channel, an English language digital specialty service, dedicated to love, romance, marriage, relationships, sexuality and
gender issues, available across Canada via cable, satellite and telco distributors.

Source: Rogers to acquire...

 

[e-dawg]

If Rogers gets the hands of A-Channel, will they have to spin-off one of the OMNI-TV stations? Since, no company cannot owned 2 tv stations in 1 market.

 

[Stitch]

If Rogers gets the hands of A-Channel, will they have to spin-off one of the OMNI-TV stations? Since, no company cannot owned 2 tv stations in 1 market.

Since when? Examples:

Vancouver: CIVT (CTV)/CKVU (City tv), both CTVglobemedia owned
Toronto: CFTO (CTV)/CITY (obvious): both CTVglobemedia owned
Edmonton: CFRN (CTV)/CKEM (City tv): both CTVglobemedia owned
Calgary: CFCN (CTV)/CKAL (City tv): both CTVglobemedia owned
Winnipeg: CKY (CTV)/CHMI (City tv): both CTVglobemedia owned

Not to mention the CBC/Radio Canada English/French stations, the 'twin-sticks' in places like Thunder Bay, etc.

 

[azumanga]

Not to mention the CBC/Radio Canada English/French stations, the 'twin-sticks' in places like Thunder Bay, etc.

...and one triple-stick in Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, where Tele Inter-Rives owns all three local channels (SRC, TVA, TQS) -- see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Télé_Inter-Rives

 

[e-dawg]

I meant no tv station cannot owned MORE than 2 tv station in one market so either one of the OMNI tv station got to go or the A-Channel.

 

[azumanga]

I meant no tv station cannot owned MORE than 2 tv station in one market so either one of the OMNI tv station got to go or the A-Channel.

Then how do you explain Riviere-du-Loup, which has one company owning three stations with no terrestrial competition? Or is that a different case?

 

[e-dawg]

Okay, why did CHUM Media have to spin-off CKXT Toronto-1 TV from Craig Media? I remember reading somewhere in the CRTC rules that a company cannot owned more than 2 tv station per market.

 

[Stitch]

Okay, why did CHUM Media have to spin-off CKXT Toronto-1 TV from Craig Media? I remember reading somewhere in the CRTC rules that a company cannot owned more than 2 tv station per market.

IF I'm not mistaken...at the time, CHUM, Lmtd. already owned two stations in the Toronto market. CKVR in Barrie was counted as part of the Toronto market, and it was co-owned with Citytv. A triopoly would have resulted with CITY, CKVR, and CKXT.

Of course if the Rogers purchase goes through, CKVR will become a sister station of CFMT and CJMT. Now how the CRTC will handle that situation has yet to be seen...

 

[Yeziknoradio]

Okay, why did CHUM Media have to spin-off CKXT Toronto-1 TV from Craig Media? I remember reading somewhere in the CRTC rules that a company cannot owned more than 2 tv station per market.

IF I'm not mistaken...at the time, CHUM, Lmtd. already owned two stations in the Toronto market. CKVR in Barrie was counted as part of the Toronto market, and it was co-owned with Citytv. A triopoly would have resulted with CITY, CKVR, and CKXT.

Of course if the Rogers purchase goes through, CKVR will become a sister station of CFMT and CJMT. Now how the CRTC will handle that situation has yet to be seen...

There's also the other point to consider.
Format.
Isn't it ok to own 2 or 3 stations if the second or third is multicultural?
To deny ownership in this manner, may as well be to deny ownership of various specialty stations in the same market then...?