Channel Zero to answer CRTC over potential non-compliance

OTTAWA – The CRTC has scheduled a hearing next month which will hear a corporate reorganization request from Channel Zero, but it said Wednesday in announcing the hearing, that it will also determine whether four television services operated by the independent broadcaster have failed to comply with their conditions of licence or the specialty services regulations.The Commission said Wednesday that it “calls the licensees to this public hearing, given the severity and frequency of the instances of apparent non-compliance observed and given the relationship between these licensees." For example, some of the adult services in question may not have shown enough Canadian...