ARCHIVED - Public Notice CRTC 1995-203
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Ottawa, 30 November 1995
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Public Notice CRTC 1995-203
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Requirements Concerning Expenditures on, or Exhibition of, Canadian Programming by Licensees of Private, English-language Television Stations
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In Public Notice 1995-48 dated 24 March 1995, which introduced decisions renewing the licences of a number of privately-owned English-language television stations, the Commission announced an approach designed to provide licensees with maximum flexibility to meet their obligations under the Broadcasting Act (the Act) in a manner and form that takes into account their respective circumstances.
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Specifically, the Commission gave licensees earning more than $10 million in annual advertising revenues and network payments the option of determining for themselves how they will discharge their responsibilities under the Act, by either accepting a continuation of their existing conditions of licence governing annual expenditures on Canadian programming (Option A), or by adhering to another condition of licence stipulating minimum quantitative requirements for the annual exhibition of Canadian entertainment programming in the evening broadcast period (Option B).
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Such licensees were required to advise the Commission of their selection before 1 September 1995 and to adhere to their choice throughout the entire new term of licence. In the appendix to this notice, the Commission provides a list of the licensees concerned and the option they have chosen.
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Licensees earning $10 million or less in annual advertising revenues and network payments, and whose expenditures on Canadian programming had been the subject of Commission expectations during the past licence term, were not permitted to choose between the two options. Instead, the Commission stated that the existing formula approach for Canadian programming expenditures would continue to apply as an expectation during the new licence term.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General |
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Appendix to Public Notice CRTC 1995-203
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OPTION "A":
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The following licensees will adhere to a condition of licence governing their minimum annual expenditures on Canadian programming
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Licensee Location Call Sign Decision
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BBS Ontario
Incorporated Toronto, Ont. CFTO-TV 95-100 |
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Niagara Television
Limited Hamilton, Ont. CHCH-TV 95-101 |
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CHUM Limited Toronto, Ont. CITY-TV 95-102
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CFCF-TV Inc. Montréal, Que. CFCF-TV 95-105
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Electrohome Limited Kitchener, Ont. CKCO-TV 95-107
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South Western Ontario
Broadcasting Inc.* London, Ont. CFPL-TV 95-108 Wingham, Ont CKNX-TV Wheatley, Ont CHWI-TV |
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CHUM Limited Halifax, N.S CJCH-TV 95-418
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BBS Ontario
Incorporated* Sudbury, Ont. CICI/CKNC-TV 95-585 North Bay, Ont. CKNY/CHNB-TV Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. CJIC/CHBX-TV Timmins, Ont. CFCL/CITO-TV |
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Moffatt Communications
Limited Winnipeg, Man. CKY-TV 95-635 |
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Electrohome Limited Edmonton, Alta. CFRN-TV 95-640
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* Note: In each case, the annual advertising revenues and network payments earned by these two groups of stations total more than $10 million. Accordingly, conditions of licence have been applied which govern their Canadian programming expenditures on a consolidated basis
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OPTION "B":
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The following licensees will adhere to a condition of licence that establishes minimum quantitative requirements for the annual exhibition of Canadian entertainment programming in the evening broadcast period/Les titulaires suivants respecteront une condition de licence qui impose des exigences quantitatives minimales pour la diffusion annuelle d'émissions de divertissement canadiennes en soirée
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Licensee Location Call Sign Decision
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Canwest Television
Inc. Vancouver, B.C CKVU-TV 95-106 |
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Westcom TV Group
Ltd. Calgary, Drumheller, Banff, Alta. CICT-TV 95-589 |
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Westcom TV Group
Ltd. Edmonton, Red Deer, Alta. CITV-TV 95-605 |
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CanWest Television
Inc. Winnipeg, Minnedosa, Man. CKND-TV 95-636 |
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