OTTAWA – Late last week the CRTC called for comments on adding five more international third-language services to the list of eligible satellite services. Today, the Commission asked for comments on two more.
The Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association has sponsored six new channels. They are:
Polsat 2: A 24-hour general interest programming service originating from Poland and offered in the Polish language. The service is targeted primarily to Polish-speaking communities outside Poland and provides a wide variety of genres of programming including reality shows, soap operas, crime series, mini-series, talk shows, documentaries, news, sports, and music programs
ET-Global: A 24-hour general interest programming service offered primarily in Mandarin Chinese with occasional words or phrases in Southern Fukienese. The service is targeted to Chinese speaking people of all ages and provides a wide variety of programming including news, talk shows, game shows, dramas, variety shows and music.
Sahara One: A 24-hour general interest programming service originating from India and offering programming in the Hindi language. The service offers a wide variety of programming including dramas, comedies, children’s shows, movies, music, game shows, talk shows and sports.
Indus Vision: A 24-hour general interest programming service originating from Pakistan and offering programming in the Urdu language. The service offers a wide variety of programming including dramas, sitcoms, game shows, cooking shows, talk shows, news, infotainment and children’s programming.
GMA Pinoy TV: A 24-hour general interest programming service originating from the Philippines and offered in the Filipino language. The service is targeted primarily to Filipino migrants and overseas contract workers and provides a wide variety of genres of programming including news and public affairs, lifestyle and human interest, drama, fiction, comedy, music and variety programs.
The deadline for comments on these five is January 9th.
GEO TV: A 24-hour general interest channel from Pakistan offering programming primarily in the Urdu language with less than 2% of its programming in English. GEO TV offers a wide variety of programming, including news, current affairs, infotainment, music, drama, sports and entertainment shows.
As well, Ethnic Channels Group has asked for ProsiebenSat.1 Welt to be added to the eligible satellite list. The channel is a general interest German-language programming service from Germany offering programming from four different television services operated by a commercial television broadcaster based in Germany. Its programming includes news, documentaries, feature films, dramas, variety and talk shows, lifestyle, and sports programming.
The deadline to comment on these two is January 18th.
