Related Documents - Digital Television

Act, Regulations and Directives

• Broadcasting Act
• Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987 (including Amendments)
• Ineligibility to Hold Broadcasting Licences (Direction to the CRTC)
• Ineligibility of Non-Canadians (Direction to the CRTC)
• Broadcasting Information Regulations, 1993 (including Amendments)
• Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997

Policies and others

• Viewing and expenditure incentives for English-language Canadian television drama (Public Notice CRTC 2006-11)
• Incentives for original French-language Canadian television drama (Public Notice CRTC 2005-8)
• Incentives for English-language Canadian television drama (Public Notice CRTC 2004-93)
• Regulatory framework for interactive television services (Public Notice CRTC 2004-82)
• The regulatory framework for the distribution of digital television signals (Public Notice CRTC 2003-61)
• Call for comments on a proposed policy framework for the distribution of digital television services (Public Notice CRTC 2002-32)
• A licensing policy to oversee the transition from analog to digital, over-the-air television broadcasting (Public Notice CRTC 2002-31)
• Certification For Canadian Programs (Public Notice CRTC 2000-42)
• Definitions for new types of priority programs; revisions to the definitions of television content categories; definitions of Canadian dramatic programs that will qualify for time credits towards priority programming requirements (Public Notice CRTC 1999-205)
• Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (Public Notice CRTC 1991-90)
• Television Policy:  Building on Success (Public Notice CRTC 1999-97)
• Religious Broadcasting Policy (Public Notice CRTC 1993-78)
• Ethnic Broadcasting Policy (Public Notice CRTC 1999-117, 2000-92)
• Representation of Cultural Diversity on Television (Public Notice CRTC 2001-88)
• Employment Equity Policy (Public Notices CRTC 1992-59 and 1997-34)
• On-Air Presence (Public Notices CRTC 1994-69 and 1995-98)
• Gender Portrayal, Policy (Public Notice CRTC 1992-58)
• Sex-Role Portrayal - Industry Guidelines (Public Notice CRTC 1990-99)
• Broadcast Code for Advertising to Children, Revised (Public Notice CRTC 1993-99)
• Advertising of Alcoholic Beverages, Broadcast (Public Notices CRTC 1997-12, 1999-132)
• Violence in Television Programming
  - Classification System + V Chip (Public Notices CRTC 1997-80, 2000-109)
  - Policy (Public Notice CRTC 1996-36)
  - Voluntary Code Regarding Violence in Television Programming (Public Notice CRTC 1993-149)
• Policy Respecting Television Networks (Public Notice CRTC 1989-2)
• Television Programming, "First Run" (Public Notice CRTC 1988-197)
• Services using the Vertical Blanking Interval (Television) or Subsidiary Communications Multiplex Operation (FM) - Policy (Public Notice CRTC 1989-23)

For additional information, the Commission suggests to consult the following documents:

• Rules of Procedure - CRTC (Broadcasting)
• Confidential treatment of information (Circular No. 429)
• Documentary Evidence to confirm Availability of Financing - Commission Policy

An Information Package to obtain a Broadcast Certificate regarding the Technical Aspect of your application is available by writing to the following address:

Industry Canada
Director, Broadcast Applications Engineering
300 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C8
www.strategic.ic.gc.ca

Date Modified: 2006-11-01

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