CACTUS and Community TV in the News
On January 25, 2010, the Winnipeg Free Press carried an op-ed from CACTUS arguing that communities should be granted control over community cable channels
On January 22, 2010 the Canadian Community Newspapers Association (CCNA) posted a story describing small towns' loss of access to cable community television here
On January 21, 2010 CACTUS issued a Canada News Wire release explaining how Canadians can respond to the CRTC's call for comments on community TV by the February 1, 2010 deadline, available here
On January 22, The Wire Report (subscription only) published a story about CACTUS proposal to reduce costs for communities to launch local media spaces here
On January 14, 2010, Mediacaster magazine covered CACTUS' concern about the CRTC's important community TV policy review and the lack of CRTC publicity about the review
On January 13, 2010, Broadcaster magazine wrote about CACTUS' concern that the lack of information from the CRTC about the current state of community TV in Canada will make it difficult for Canadians to assess whether the CRTC's current community TV Policy has achieved its objectives
On December 22, 2009, CACTUS supporter Sid Tan was interviewed for
CBC's "On the Coast" program about access in Vancouver.
On December 10, 2009, Global National did a story about the CRTC hearings into local television and the fee-for-carriage issue. CACTUS spokesperson Cathy Edwards was featured talking about the increase in over-the-air TV viewers.
On December 8, 2009, Mediacaster highlighted the CACTUS proposal to the CRTC for providing community content and maintaining over-the-air service of Canada's major TV stations, without imposing new costs on consumers
On November 29, 2009, the Georgia Strait covered Metro Vancouver's planned CRTC submission denouncing Shaw Communications' administration of community TV in Vancouver.
On November 27, 2009, Medicaster covered CACTUS' presentation to the CRTC on November 25, 2009, in which CACTUS proposed a no-new-cost way to maintain, support and increase local programming
On October 26, 2009 Mediacaster quoted CACTUS regarding the $100 million annually that cable companies are mandated to use for community channels in local community, in the context of the CRTC's announcement that it will review its community
TV policy in spring 2010
