OTTAWA – The CRTC is asking for feedback on its proposed standard conditions of licence for television stations, discretionary services and on-demand services.
During its Let’s Talk TV policy review, the Commission announced plans to streamline the licensing approach for television programming services by consolidating virtually all such services into three broad licensing categories. On Friday, the CRTC defined those categories as:
– Television stations (including over-the-air [OTA] conventional and community television stations, and provincial educational television services);
– Discretionary services (all pay television and specialty services, including those services, other than conventional television stations, granted mandatory distribution on the basic service pursuant to section 9(1)(h) of the Broadcasting Act [the Act]); and
– On-demand services (i.e., pay-per-view [PPV] and video-on-demand [VOD] services).
The deadline for comments is June 20, 2016.
