OTTAWA – The CRTC has released a working document designed to help direct the discussion and debate during the upcoming hearing into the renewal of the television licences held by the large English- and French-language ownership groups.
The Commission said Wednesday that it intends to discuss the imposition of the standard conditions of licence, expectations and encouragements for television stations, discretionary services (i.e., pay television and specialty services), and on-demand services (i.e., pay-per-view and video-on-demand services), also published Wednesday, as well as any exceptions to these conditions sought by the various ownership groups.
The public hearing will begin on November 22 at Palace Convention Centre in Laval to consider applications for the renewal of television licences held by large French-language ownership groups, and the related interventions.
It will continue on November 28, 2016 in Gatineau at the Conference Centre, Phase IV, to consider applications from the large English-language ownership groups, plus Shaw Communications and Telelatino Network, and the related interventions.
