DXH Television services renewed under group-based approach

OTTAWA – The CRTC has applied the group-based licensing approach while renewing the broadcasting licences for DHX Television’s services.DHX Television had requested that the Commission renew its licences for Family Channel and its multiplex Family Jr., Family CHRGD, and French‑language service Télémagino under the group-based approach, noting that the services form a bilingual group with common requirements. The company added that group-based licensing would allow the services to better capture the synergies that arise from a group that exclusively operates in the children’s programming genre.Despite various interventions, the Commission agreed. The new licences will take effect September 1, 2018 and expire August...