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Decision CRTC 2000-560

 

Ottawa, 14 December 2000

 

CTV Inc. (OBCI)
National Capital Region — 200011073

 

14 August 2000 Public Hearing
National Capital Region

 

CTV News Centre Nouvelles

 

On 24 November 2000, the Commission approved a Category 2 specialty television service to be known as CTV News Centre Nouvelles. The terms and conditions generally applicable to Category 2 services are set out in the public notice accompanying this and other decisions released today.

 

Conditions of licence

 

The licence, when issued, will expire 31 August 2007 and will be subject to the following conditions as well as to those set out in both Public Notice CRTC 2000-171 andin the licence to be issued.

 

Nature of service

 

a) The licensee shall provide a regional (National Capital Region) English-and French-language Category 2 specialty television service providing news, weather, sports and information programming.

 

b) The programming must be drawn exclusively from the following categories, as set out in Schedule I to the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990:
1, 2a, 3, 11, 12, 13 and 14.

 

c) No less than 30% of all programming broadcast during the broadcast week shall be in the French language.

 

Definitions

 

Broadcast day shall have the same meaning as that set out in section 2 of the Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987.

 

Secretary General

 

 

 

 

This decision is to be appended to the licence. It is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be examined at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca

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