OTTAWA – The CRTC has renewed the broadcasting licences of AMI-audio, AMI-tv and AMI-télé, as well as their orders for mandatory distribution.
Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) filed the applications for the national, English-language audio programming undertaking AMI-audio; the national, English-language specialty Category A service AMI-tv; and the national, French-language specialty Category A service AMI-télé. On Monday, their licences were renewed for five years, from September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2023.
“The Commission is of the view that the licensee has demonstrated that its described video services will continue to give access for people who are blind or partially sighted to a large amount of programming and information that would otherwise be inaccessible to them, thus meeting an extraordinary need among its intended audience,” reads the decision. “The services facilitate access by people who are blind and partially sighted to described programming, and in the case of AMI-audio to news and information, helping them to participate in Canadian society. As such, the Commission considers that the service contributes in an exceptional manner to achieving the objectives of the (Broadcasting) Act and the basic service.”
