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Revision as of 23:16, 1 March 2004 by Bearcat (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A twinstick, in Canadian broadcasting, is an informal term for two television stations, broadcasting in the same market, which are owned by the same company.
Under Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission rules, twinsticks are permitted in two very different market types: either the market must be too small to support two separate commercial broadcasters competing for advertising dollars, or the market must be large enough that a diversity of broadcast voices already exists.
Examples of the small community type include CHFD-TV and CKPR-TV in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and CITL-TV and CKSA-TV in Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan.
Examples of the large market type include Citytv and The New VR in the Greater Toronto Area (both owned by CHUM Limited), and CIII-TV and CHCH-TV in the Greater Toronto Area (both owned by Global Television Network).