OTTAWA – The CRTC has released the standard conditions of licence for competitive Canadian mainstream sports and national news specialty services.
Included are its determinations on the matters of exhibition of and expenditures on Canadian programming, the nature of service and broadcast day definitions, regional programming and minority language communities, and genre protection, among other issues.
In addition, the Commission said that it would consider applications for broadcasting licences or licence amendments to operate specialty services in these genres, subject to the standard conditions of licence.
New entrants are advised to file their applications as Category 2 services and expect that the standard conditions of licence will be imposed at licensing, while incumbents may apply for a licence amendment to replace their current obligations with the standard conditions of licence.
Click here to read to read the full text of Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-562.
