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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-503
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Ottawa, 19 October 2005 |
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Astral Broadcasting Group
Inc.
Across Canada |
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Application 2005-0418-5
Public Hearing in the National Capital Region
15 August 2005 |
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Chez moi – Category 2 specialty service
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In this decision, the Commission
approves an application for a broadcasting licence to operate a new
Category 2 specialty programming undertaking. |
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The application
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1. |
The Commission received an
application by Astral Broadcasting Group Inc. (Astral Group) for a
broadcasting licence to operate a national, French-language Category 21
specialty programming undertaking to be known as Chez moi. |
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The applicant proposed to offer
a service that would be devoted to lifestyle and the home: food,
interior design, do-it-yourself, consumer, gardening, landscaping, and
environmental shows. Astral Group proposed to air news magazines,
reports, documentaries, reality television shows and, on occasion,
lifestyle dramas. All of the programming would be drawn from the
following categories, as set out in Schedule I to the Specialty
Services Regulations, 1990: 2(a) Analysis and interpretation; 2(b)
Long-form documentary; 3 Reporting and actualities; 5(b) Informal
education/Recreation and leisure; 7(a) Ongoing drama series; 7(b)
Ongoing comedy series (sitcoms); 7(c) Specials, mini-series or
made-for-TV feature films; 10 Game shows; 11 General entertainment and
human interest; 12 Interstitials; 13 Public service announcements; and
14 Infomercials, promotional and corporate videos. |
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The Commission did not receive any
interventions in connection with this application. |
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Commission’s analysis and determination
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The Commission is satisfied that the application
is in conformity with all applicable terms and conditions announced
in Introductory statement – Licensing of new digital pay and
specialty services – Corrected Appendix 2, Public Notice CRTC
2000-171-1, 6 March
2001 (Public Notice 2000-171-1).
Accordingly, the Commission approves the application by Astral
Broadcasting Group Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate the
national, French-language, Category 2 specialty programming undertaking,
Chez moi. |
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The licence will expire 31 August 2012, and
will be subject to the conditions set out in Public Notice
2000-171-1, as well
as to the conditions set out in the appendix to this decision. |
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Issuance of the licence
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A licence will be issued once the applicant
has satisfied the Commission, with supporting documentation, that the
following requirements have been met: |
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- the applicant has entered into a distribution agreement with at
least one licensed distributor; and
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- the applicant has informed the Commission in writing that it is
prepared to commence operations. The undertaking must be operational
at the earliest possible date and in any event no later than 36 months
from the date of this decision, unless a request for an extension of
time is approved by the Commission before 19 October 2008. In order to
ensure that such a request is processed in a timely manner, it should
be submitted at least 60 days before that date.
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Secretary General |
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This decision is to be appended to the
licence. It is available in alternative format upon request, and may
also be examined in PDF format or in
HTML at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca
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Appendix to Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-503
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Conditions of licence
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1. The licence will be subject to the conditions set out
in Introductory statement – Licensing of new digital pay
and specialty services – Corrected Appendix 2, Public Notice
CRTC 2000-171-1,
6 March 2001.
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2. The licensee shall provide a national, French-language
Category 2 specialty programming undertaking devoted to lifestyle and
the home: food, interior design, do-it-yourself, consumer, gardening,
landscaping, and environmental shows. The programming shall include
news magazines, reports, documentaries, reality television shows and
lifestyle dramas.
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3. The programming shall be drawn exclusively from the following
categories, as set out in Schedule I to the Specialty Services
Regulations, 1990, as amended from time to time:
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2 (a) Analysis and interpretation
(b) Long-form documentary
3 Reporting and actualities
5 (b) Informal education/Recreation and leisure
7 (a) Ongoing drama series
(b) Ongoing comedy series (sitcoms)
(c) Specials, mini-series or made-for-TV feature films
10 Game shows
11 General entertainment and human interest
12 Interstitials
13 Public service announcements
14 Infomercials, promotional and corporate videos
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4. No more than 15% of all programming broadcast during each
broadcast week shall be drawn from category 7.
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For the purposes of the conditions of this
licence, including condition of licence no. 1, broadcast day
refers to the 24-hour period beginning each day at 4 a.m., or any other
period approved by the Commission. |
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Footnote:
The Category 2 services are defined in Introductory statement
– Licensing of new digital pay and specialty services, Public
Notice CRTC 2000-171,
14 December 2000. |
Date Modified: 2005-10-19 |