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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-159
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Ottawa, 21 April 2006 |
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Ethnic Channels Group Limited
Across Canada |
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Application 2004-1317-0
Public Hearing at Calgary, Alberta
21 February 2006 |
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German TV – 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
Ethnic Channels Group Limited (Ethnic Channels), for a broadcasting
licence to operate a national, third-language, ethnic Category 21
specialty programming undertaking to be known as German TV. |
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The applicant proposed to offer a general
interest service that would be devoted to the German-speaking community.
The applicant proposed that not less than 90% of all programming
broadcast during the broadcast week would be in the German language. All
of the programming would be drawn from the following categories as set
out in Schedule 1 to the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990: 1
News; 2(a) Analysis and interpretation; 2(b) Long-form documentary; 3
Reporting and actualities; 4 Religion; 5(b) Informal
education/Recreation and leisure; 6(a) Professional sports; 6(b) Amateur
sports; 7(a) Ongoing drama series; 7(b) Ongoing comedy series (sitcoms);
7(c) Specials, mini-series or made-for-TV feature films; 7(d) Theatrical
feature films aired on TV; 7(e) Animated television programs and films;
7(f) Programs of comedy sketches, improvisations, unscripted works,
stand-up comedy; 7(g) Other drama; 8(a) Music and dance other than music
video programs or clips; 8(b) Music video clips; 8(c) Music video
programs; 9 Variety; 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 received interventions in
support of 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 Ethnic
Channels Group Limited for a broadcasting licence to operate the national,
German-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking,
German TV. |
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The Commission notes that Ethnic Channels
will devote at least 90% of its program schedule to programming in
the German language. In accordance with Revised approach for the
consideration of broadcasting licence applications proposing new third-language
ethnic Category 2 pay and specialty services, Broadcasting Public
Notice CRTC 2005-104,
23 November 2005, the remainder of the program schedule, i.e., up
to 10% may be in one or both official languages. The Commission encourages
the applicant to ensure that all such programming serves to promote
Canada’s linguistic duality. |
6. |
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 21 April 2009. 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 2006-159
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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, third-language, general
interest, ethnic Category 2 specialty programming service devoted to
the German-speaking community.
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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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1 News
2 (a) Analysis and interpretation
(b) Long-form documentary
3 Reporting and actualities
4 Religion
5 (b) Informal education/Recreation and leisure
6 (a) Professional sports
(b) Amateur sports
7 Drama and comedy
(a) Ongoing drama series
(b) Ongoing comedy series (sitcoms)
(c) Specials, mini-series or made-for-TV feature films
(d) Theatrical feature films aired on TV
(e) Animated television programs and films
(f) Programs of comedy sketches, improvisations, unscripted works,
stand-up
comedy
(g) Other drama
8 (a) Music and dance other than music video programs or clips
(b) Music video clips
(c) Music video programs
9 Variety
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. Not less than 90% of all programming broadcast during the
broadcast week shall be in the German language. The remainder of the
programming schedule may be in one or both of Canada’s official
languages.
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5. With respect to the conditions of licence relating to advertising,
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, condition 4d) will not apply, and condition 4a) will
be replaced by:
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Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs b) and c), the
licensee shall not broadcast more than twelve (12) minutes of
advertising material during each clock hour, no more than six (6)
minutes of which may consist of local or regional advertising.
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For the purposes of the conditions of this
licence, including condition of licence no. 1, broadcast day
means the period of up to 18 consecutive hours, beginning each day not
earlier than six o’clock in the morning and ending not later than one
o’clock in the morning of the following day, as selected by the
licensee, 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: 2006-04-21 |