OTTAWA – With just days until Super Bowl 50 kicks off, the CRTC has tabled a distribution order that would implement its decision to prohibit simultaneous substitution for the Super Bowl starting next year.
The order seeks to apply a Commission policy decision resulting from the Let's Talk TV proceeding banning simultaneous substitution (simsub) for the big game starting with Super Bowl 51, scheduled for February 5, 2017.
Simsub occurs when a distributor temporarily replaces the signal of one TV channel with that of another channel showing the same program at the same time. According to the CRTC, during the Let’s Talk TV proceeding Canadians expressed ongoing frustration with the practice, including the frequency in errors made during the simsub process.
On Wednesday, the Commission said that it is accepting comments and interventions on the order until March 4, 2016.
