The war of paperwork over fee-for-carriage continued Tuesday as Rogers Communications took aim at broadcasters via a CRTC filing — calling the proposed fees ‘an unnecessary bailout.’

The submission comes one day after CTV, Global and CBC together launched a public campaign that calls on Ottawa to impose the controversial fees on cable and satellite companies.

Rogers argues that over-the-air broadcasters profit from the extended audience reach of such carriage, and that they are ‘well positioned’ to get through the current economic downturn.

‘Claims by CTV and Canwest/Global that the advertising-supported business model for over-the-air conventional television broadcasting is broken are simply wrong,’ said Rogers Communications vice chair Phil Lind in a statement. ‘Advertising revenues will rebound at the end of the recession.’

From Media in Canada