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Rogers Television and Ted Rogers

: It wasn’t a question of math, insisted the Cantonese, Mandarin, Italian and Punjabi-speaking viewers whose newscasts had been chopped, according to Toronto Star. It was a betrayal, pure and simple. She is the vice-president of television and operations at Rogers Television. In their view, the media giant latest cutback broke a long-standing commitment by Ted Rogers, the founder of the network. It threw Canada ethnic minorities off the bus to make room for big-bucks sports franchises and lucrative digital platforms. It violated the broadcaster 35-year pledge to champion diversity. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.