CRTC seeks input on move to exempt small market pay tv and specialty services from licensing

OTTAWA - In order to better process the large amount of applications it receives, the CRTC is seeking comments on a proposal to exempt from licensing pay television and specialty Category B services with a limited subscriber base. It’s also seeking input on proposed amendments to the exemption order respecting third-language television programming undertakings. These would permit services that offer 40% or more of their programming in any one of the Cantonese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Mandarin or Spanish languages to be eligible for exemption. The deadline for filing comments is August 7, 2012. The commission contends that the current licensing...