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| | Pay Television |
 | | Although undertaken experimentally in Etobicoke, Ontario, between 1960 and 1965, pay television as a major venture was licensed only in March 1982, after a decade of debate. |
 | | Promoted for many years by the CABLE TELEVISION industry for its moneymaking potential, pay television had been opposed by established broadcasters who feared the competition, by telephone companies who resisted cable's proliferation of services and technological advance, and by cultural nationalists. |
 | | Nonetheless, under request from the federal Department of Communications in 1979, the CRTC initiated a third inquiry, the Therrien Committee, which duly reported in 1980, recommending that a competitive industry be authorized. |
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