Super Channel has some explaining to do at its licence renewal

OTTAWA – Super Channel will have some explaining to do before the CRTC will renew its broadcasting licence.The channel’s parent, Allarco Entertainment Limited Partnership, is one of seven entities whose applications will be considered at hearing at CRTC headquarters scheduled for July 11, 2019. Since Allarco’s renewal application was published for comment, the CRTC said that it has received interventions that raised issues regarding instances of apparent non-compliance, ranging from the distribution of Canadian programs, the eligibility and late payment of certain Canadian programming expenditures, to the eligibility of certain expenditures devoted to regional outreach programs.“The Commission is particularly concerned about...