Sun TV launched in April 2011 and its on-air personalities include conservative pundit Ezra Levant.
In its filings, Quebecor forecasts that Sun TV will lose $19.5 million in 2013, $18.9 million in 2014 and $18.1 million in 2015 with losses in the tens of millions carrying on each year through to 2020.
The CRTC approved a five-year licence for the channel in November 2010 after Quebecor dropped its request for a special licence that would have required cable and satellite carriers to offer the service.
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The media giant says the current distribution agreements are inadequate to support the channel, which is only offered in 40 per cent of households.
Quebecor (TSX:QBR.B) called the situatioQuebecor wants CRTC to require providers to carry Sun News on basic service? free satellite tvn clearly unsustainable.
It claims the addition of Sun News dubbed Fox News North by its critics to the basic service would be negligible to consumers, adding only $2.16 annually to each household $1.08 per Francophone household if the costs are passed on to subscribers.
It says these distribution challenges also hurt advertising revenues.
OTTAWA - Quebecor says its television network Sun News suffered a projected $17-million loss in 2012 and will continue to record unacceptable losses unless the federal regulator requires cable and satellite companies to carry it on their basic service.
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Our plan would allow Sun News to establish an audience under similar rules and regulations to those afforded CBC Newsworld and CTV News Channel for 21 and 13 years respectively, the company said in filings to the CRTC.
We dont begrudge our competitors in any way, we simply want the same rules that they enjoyed at least for the next five years.
Quebecor wants the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to require that Sun News be carried on all analog and digital basic services in Canada through the end of 2017. It would then be treated like other Category C services.
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The current distribution agreements Sun News has with cable and satellite providers are inadequate to support the channel, it said.
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Obviously a preferable option would be for (cable and satellite providers) to remove an American or foreign content channel (and associated distribution fee) from their basic lineup and include Sun News on a zero cost to consumer basis.
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