CRTC turns down Slice's request for less Cancon

OTTAWA – The CRTC has denied a request by Canwest-owned Slice network to amend its conditions of licence relating to levels of Canadian content and Canadian programming expenditures.The female targeted station, formerly known as The Life Network, asked the Commission to drop its Canadian content from 82.5% of its broadcast year and evening broadcast period to 60%. It also asked to cut its Canadian programming expenditures from 71% of its previous broadcast year’s gross revenues to 45%.The network said that its Canadian programming expenditures and Canadian content requirements are higher than other specialty services and that there is a correlation...