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[email protected] Thursday, May 5, 2011 Volume 19, Number 1 Page One of Three V: The CRTC has tuned the rules for satellite carriers in a move that will force both Bell TV and Shaw TDirect to carry more local TV stations. The telecom companies must, effective Sept. 1, carry all stations ---- ----........ -------- -------- that are part of the Local Programming Improvement ---- ...............---- -- -- .. .. Fund (established in 2009 to support small- and mid-sized ..... -- $12,995.00 local stations). Bell and Shaw must carry five English- =••• .:.:.:.: :;:.:. ~; E.l language and five French-language CBC stations and perhaps more, depending on availability. They also must Call us for BEST pricing -Toll Free 1.866.460.3119 carry one TV station per province from each major Canadian ownership group, and two stations from other flm RO N PALEYBRO ADC AST.COM ownership groups... Quebecor says its Sun TV is no longer being carried on Bell Satellite TV due to fee dispute. It was removed from Bell's satellite lineup on Tuesday. Luc Lavoie, head of development for Sun News Network, said the issue may be taken to the CRTC on the basis of Bell giving itself an unfair advantage, noting it already owns three all-news channels – CTV News Channel, BNN and CP24. Bell said Sun is no longer being carried on its satellite TV service because there's no fee agreement with Quebecor..