ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 2000-760
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Decision CRTC 2000-760 |
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| Ottawa, 20 December 2000 | |
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Global Television Network Inc. and 3669777 Canada Inc. Victoria, British Columbia - 200020678 |
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| Application processed by Public Notice CRTC 2000-149 dated 1 November 2000 | |
Licence amendment for CHEK-TV |
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| 1. | The Commission approves the application to amend the broadcasting licence for the television programming undertaking CHEK-TV Victoria and its transmitters. |
| 2. | The licensee has requested that a minimum level of 23 hours be set for the broadcast of local programming, 17 hours of which would be news programming. In addition, as directed in Decision CRTC 2000-221, the licensee has requested a new condition aimed at ensuring that the 8 hours per week of Canadian priority programming that it must broadcast in peak time would be separate and distinct from the 8 hours to be broadcast on CHAN-TV. |
| 3. | The new condition, including the above-mentioned changes, will read as follows: |
| a) Effective 1 September 2001, the licensee shall broadcast, at a minimum, an average of 23 hours of local programming per week, 17 hours of which is news programming. | |
| b) Effective 1 September 2001, and in accordance with Decision CRTC 2000-224, the licensee shall broadcast, at a minimum, in each broadcast year, an average of 8 hours per week of Canadian programs in the priority program categories between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. which are wholly separate and distinct from the eight hours of priority programming to be broadcast on CHAN-TV. | |
| For the purpose of this condition, the priority program categories are as follows: Canadian drama programs (category 7); Canadian music and dance (category 8a) and variety programs (category 9); ·Canadian long-form documentaries (category 2b); Canadian regionally-produced programs in all categories other than News and information (categories 1, 2 and 3) and Sports (category 6); Canadian entertainment magazine programs. | |
| c) For the purpose of fulfilling the above-noted condition, the licensee may claim the new dramatic programming credit set out in Public Notice CRTC 1999-205, as may be amended from time to time. | |
| As of 1 September 2000, the licensee is no longer entitled to claim the dramatic programming credit set out in the appendix to Public Notice CRTC 1984-94 and appendices I and II to Public Notice CRTC 2000-42. | |
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| 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: http://www.crtc.gc.ca |
Date Modified: 2000-12-20
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