OTTAWA | October 2, 2009

Podcast: How free is your frequency?

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Canada's private broadcasters are used to calling the shots on what television viewers get to see and when.

Now, Adbusters, an anti-consumerist publication, is saying private control of Canada's public airwaves compromises freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

David Elder, a private broadcast lawyer in Ottawa, Ont., joined Capital News Online to talk about Canadian television regulation and content control.