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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-239
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Ottawa, 9 June 2006 |
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Gol TV (Canada) Ltd.
Across Canada |
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Application 2006-0230-2
Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-43
5 April 2006 |
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Gol TV – Licence amendment
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The Commission approves the
application by Gol TV (Canada) Ltd. to amend the broadcasting licence
for the national, Category 2 specialty programming undertaking known as
Gol TV (originally approved under the name of The Soccer Net), in order
to allow Gol TV to be available for distribution in the high definition
(HD) format. The programming will be the same as that offered on the
analog version of the service. |
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The Commission did not receive any
interventions in connection with this application. |
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In The regulatory framework for the
distribution of digital television signals, Broadcasting Public
Notice CRTC 2003-61,
11 November 2003, the Commission stated that it would authorize the
licensee of a Canadian pay or specialty service to make available
an upgraded version of its service, by means of an amendment to the
licence of the analog service. This authority would be in effect for
a term of three years, pending the development of a licensing and
distribution framework for Canadian pay and specialty services in
HD format. This process was initiated in Call for comments on a
proposed framework for the licensing and distribution of high definition
pay and specialty services, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2004-58,
6 August 2004. |
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Accordingly, by condition of licence,
the licensee is authorized to make available for distribution, for a
period of three years from the date of this decision, a version of Gol TV
in HD format, provided that not less than 95% of the video and audio
components of the upgraded and analog versions of the service are the
same, exclusive of the commercial messages and of any part of the
service carried on a subsidiary signal. |
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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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