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Broadcasting
Decision CRTC 2006-513
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Ottawa, 14
September 2006 |
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APNA TV Broadcasting
Inc.
Across Canada |
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Application 2005-1177-6
Public Hearing in the National Capital Region
1 May 2006 |
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APNA Talk 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.
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The Commission received an application by
APNA TV Broadcasting Inc. for a broadcasting
licence to operate a national, ethnic, Category 21 specialty
programming undertaking to be known as APNA Talk TV.
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The applicant proposed to offer a
third-language, niche service that would be devoted to the Punjabi-,
Hindi- and Urdu-speaking communities. The service would feature 12 hours
of locally produced live talk show programming daily and would cover
local, national and international news, views and current affairs and a
variety of entertainment programs. In each broadcast week, not less than
60% of all programming broadcast by the proposed service would be in the
Punjabi language, 20% would be in the Hindi language and 10% would be in
the Urdu language.
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All of the programming would be drawn from
the following categories set out in Schedule 1 to the Specialty
Services Regulations, 1990: 1 News; 2(a) Analysis and
interpretation; 3 Reporting and actualities; 5(a) Formal education and
pre-school; 5(b) Informal education/Recreation and leisure; 9 Variety;
10 Game shows; 11 General entertainment and human interest; and 13
Public service announcements. |
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The Commission received numerous
interventions in support of this application. |
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Commission’s analysis
and determinations
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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).
Furthermore, given that the service will offer more than 90% of its
programming in third languages, the Commission is satisfied that the
application falls under the definition of a third-language service,
established in 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 (Public Notice 2005-104).
Accordingly, the Commission approves the application
by APNA TV Broadcasting Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate
the national, niche third-language ethnic Category 2 specialty
programming undertaking, APNA Talk TV. |
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The Commission notes that APNA Talk TV
will devote all of its program schedule to programming in
the Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu languages. In accordance with Public Notice
2005-104, the Commission
has imposed a condition of licence that requires APNA Talk TV
to devote not less than 90% of its program schedule to programming
in those languages. 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. |
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The licence will expire 31 August 2013, 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 14 September
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 2006-513
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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, niche, third-language
ethnic Category 2 specialty programming service devoted to the
Punjabi-, Hindi-, and Urdu-speaking communities. The service shall
consist of local, national and international news, views and current
affairs and a variety of entertainment programs.
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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
3 Reporting and actualities
5 (a) Formal education and pre-school
(b) Informal education/Recreation and leisure
9 Variety
10 Game shows
11 General entertainment and human interest
13 Public service announcements
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4. Not less than 90% of all programming broadcast during the
broadcast week shall be in the following languages: Punjabi, Hindi and
Urdu.
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5. Not more than 20% of all programming broadcast during the
broadcast week shall be in the Hindi language.
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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: 2006-09-14 |