OTTAWA – Heads up aquarium channel fans. Stingray Digital Group has received CRTC approval to operate The Seasonal Channel, a national, niche, no spoken word specialty Category B service that features still pictures and moving video of nature scenes with appropriate music. The Commission did not receive any interventions in connection with this application.
The channel will be used to “create a soothing video environment that will feature still pictures and moving video of nature scenes (similar in principle to the “Log” and “Aquarium” channels currently available) that will change based upon the season and will play music appropriate to that season,” said Stingray in its application. The channel will also reflect seasonal events such as Christmas and Halloween.
Stingray says it will not broadcast any music videos, and that programming drawn from program category 12 interstitials would constitute 5% of the programming broadcast by the service.
