TORONTO – Telelatino Network was quick to applaud Wednesday’s CRTC decision that added three new Spanish-language channels to the list of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution in this country.
In Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-466, the Commission approved Telelatino’s applications for Televisión Dominicana, Centroamerica TV and WAPA America, which provide news, entertainment and sports programming from the Dominican Republic, Central America (El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua and Costa Rica) and Puerto Rico, respectively.
Telelatino will exclusively represent and manage Canadian marketing and distribution of the channels, and promised to soon announce the national carrier platforms on which the channels will become available.
Telelatino Network president Aldo Di Felice said that there are many reasons for Canadians to be interested in the new TV channels, noting in a statement that the Toronto Blue Jays, the MLB team located furthest from Latin America, set a league record earlier this season by having six players born in the Dominican Republic in their starting lineup.
“After we win the World series in a few weeks, every forward-thinking Canadian baseball fan will be wanting to watch the future Jays playing baseball in their home countries on these new TV channels”, he said.
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