Countdown to Digital

In 2000, Canada's broadcast watchdog, the CRTC, put out a call for digital channel proposals - 452 channel submissions followed. Two years later, Canada has 50 new digital channels on the dial, but the process was a long and expensive one. CHRISTINE COWERN follows the story from ideas on paper to broadcast reality, and finds out how the major players fared along the way.

May 1, 2002

In 2000, Canada's broadcast watchdog, the CRTC, put out a call for digital channel proposals - 452 channel submissions followed. Two years later, Canada has 50 new digital channels on the dial, but the process was a long and expensive one. CHRISTINE COWERN follows the story from ideas on paper to broadcast reality, and finds out how the major players fared along the way.