The broadcasting industry and its regulator meet tomorrow to determine everything from whether Canadians can get HBO or ESPN, or pay more to watch television.
The broad scope of the public hearings has caused many to fret that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has put so much on the line that it could undo a broadcasting system they say has nurtured a creative domestic industry while delivering an abundance of TV shows.
With so much at stake, key players have commissioned public polls, filed pages of arguments, and waged a war of words in advance of the three-week CRTC hearings.
