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Rogers, CTV Bid to Reduce Canadian Content Rejected by CRTC

Rogers, CTV Bid to Reduce Canadian Content Rejected by CRTC
Mediacaster Magazine - October 8, 2010
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has rejected requests from Rogers and CTV to loosen and reduce the Canadian content requirements now regulating over the air broadcasts in Canada.

The broadcasters wanted to lessen the minimum content requirements at some 35 OTA stations across the country from 60% to 55%.

Although more flexible regulations are set to come into effect within a year, the Commission said "it does not consider that it would be appropriate to implement ... on a piecemeal basis" the policy that regulates Cancon, nor to apply it inconsistently across competitive broadcasters.

In CTV's case, the Commission denied the application that covered what are collectively referred to as the 'A' stations, CIVI-TV Victoria, CHWI-TV Windsor, CFPL-TV London, CKVR-TV Barrie, CHRO-TV Pembroke and CHRO-TV-43 Ottawa.

CTV said that 'A' stations are facing difficult financial situations, and so it was seeking relief similar to that which has been afforded to CHCH-TV and CHEK-TV.

But the Commission denied the application by CTVglobemedia Inc., on behalf of its subsidiary CTV Corp., to reduce the overall minimum level of Canadian programming that must be broadcast by its 'A' stations from 60% to 55%, to eliminate exhibition requirements relating to priority programming, and to amend requirements related to the provision of described video, which the CRTC found were inconsistent with its described video policy.

Rogers had applied to amend the broadcasting licences of its television programming undertakings known as the Citytv stations (CITY-TV Toronto and its transmitters CITY-TV-2 Woodstock and CITY-TV-3 Ottawa, CITY-DT Toronto, CHMI-TV Portage la Prairie/Winnipeg, CKAL-TV Calgary and its transmitter CKAL-TV-1 Lethbridge, CKEM-TV Edmonton and its transmitter CKEM-TV-1 Red Deer, and CKVU-TV Vancouver and its transmitter CKVU-TV-1 Courtney), and in a separate application, its OMNI stations (CFMT-DT Toronto, CFMT-TV Toronto and its transmitters CFMT-TV-1 London and CFMT-TV-2 Ottawa, CJMT-DT Toronto, CJMT-TV Toronto and its transmitters CJMT-TV-1 London and CJMT-TV-2 Ottawa, CJCO-TV Calgary, CJEO-TV Edmonton, CHNM-DT Vancouver, and CHNM-TV Vancouver and its transmitter CHNM-TV Victoria).

Rogers indicated that it was submitting the applications in order to take advantage of the additional flexibility with respect to Canadian programming announced by the Commission.

But again, the Commission denied the application, noting that "Rogers has not provided evidence of the financial necessity required to make the proposed changes a year in advance of their anticipated effective date."

Several interveners from across the country had opposed the reduction in Canadian content being sought; for example, the Writer's Guild of Canada questioned why broadcasters like CTV would seek relief from Canadian programming obligations rather than reducing expenditures on U.S. programming.

but CTV is owned by bell ... why this say rogers ?

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Rogers owns CityTV

yea CITYtv , City TV aint CTV

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lol if you read the article CTV (yes owned by bell) and CityTV (rogers) want to increase american programming and crtc shutting them both down.

the titles missleading.... and you know it

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