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Tel:(416) 693-7400 Email: srtv at srtv.ca Web site: srtv.on.ca November 26, 1999 Press ReleaseEasy Access TV Proposal a Hit
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On December 9, 1999, the Canadian-Radio Television Commission will hear a proposal by Jan Pachul to operate Star Ray TV, a community-based station that will make it possible for independent producers and community groups to have a television show broadcast to more than one million over the air viewers and cable subscribers. "The whole point of Easy Access is just that: make it easy to get on the air", says Pachul from his high-tech office, studio, and transmission facility in Toronto's east end. "Television does not need to be the exclusive domain of the rich and famous. I know that our programming will be fun, and popular. And I am pleasantly surprised at the many quality proposals I have already received for shows." Star Ray TV's blend of local politics, culture, sports and public domain movies, along with the rich diversity of content sure to come out of the "Easy Access" and "Prime Time for Canadians" policies, will make it unlike anything on TV anywhere in Canada today. The low power independent television movement is already very strong in the U.S., with hundreds of stations currently on the air. This movement was recently documented by Robert L. Hilliard and Michael C. Keith in their book The Hidden Screen. Marc Hamann filed a positive intervention to the CRTC in support of the initiative, and in it he called Star Ray "an original and soothing whisper amidst the din" . A group of community TV supporters agree, and will be travelling with Mr. Pachul to Ottawa to appear before the CRTC at the hearing. Armed with videotaped testimonials of neighbourhood champions of the community TV concept, and a solid business plan that gives small businesses an affordable way to advertise their products and services, they are confident that the Commissioners will be impressed enough to grant their license application. For more information: |
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