Search

ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-508

This page has been archived on the Web

Information identified as archived on the Web is for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. Archived Decisions, Notices and Orders (DNOs) remain in effect except to the extent they are amended or reversed by the Commission, a court, or the government. The text of archived information has not been altered or updated after the date of archiving. Changes to DNOs are published as “dashes” to the original DNO number. Web pages that are archived on the Web are not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards. As per the Communications Policy of the Government of Canada, you can request alternate formats by contacting us.

Archived

This page has been archived on the Web.

 

Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-508

  Ottawa, 23 November 2004
  Ethnic Channels Group Limited
Across Canada
  Application 2004-0242-0
Public Hearing in the National Capital Region
7 September 2004
 

Persian/Iranian TV - Category 2 specialty service

  In this decision, the Commission approves the application for a broadcasting licence to operate a new Category 2 specialty programming undertaking.
 

The application

1.

The Commission received an application by Ethnic Channels Group Limited for a broadcasting licence to operate a national ethnic Category 21 specialty programming undertaking to be known as Persian/Iranian TV.

2.

The applicant proposed to offer a service that would be devoted to the Farsi-, Azeri-, Kurdish-, Armenian- and Assyrian-speaking communities.

3.

The Commission did not receive any interventions in connection with this application.
 

The Commission's analysis and determination

4.

Based on its examination of this application, the Commission is satisfied that it 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). Accordingly, the Commission approves the application by Ethnic Channels Group Limited for a broadcasting licence to operate the Farsi-, Azeri-, Kurdish-, Armenian- and Assyrian-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking, Persian/Iranian TV.

5.

The licence will expire 31 August 2011, and will be subject to the conditions set out in Public Notice 2000-171-1, as well as to the conditions of licence set out in the appendix to this decision.
 

Issuance of the licence

6.

A licence will be issued once the applicant has satisfied the Commission, with supporting documentation, that the following requirements have been met:
 
  • the applicant has entered into a distribution agreement with at least one licensed distributor; and
 
  • 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 of the date of this decision, unless a request for an extension of time is approved by the Commission before 23 November 2007. In order to ensure that such a request is processed in a timely manner, it should be submitted at least 60 days before this date.
  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 
 

Appendix to Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-508

 

Conditions of licence

 

1. The licence will be subject to the conditionsset out in Introductory statement - Licensing of new digital pay and specialty services - Corrected Appendix 2, Public Notice CRTC 2000-171-1, 6 March 2001, as well as to the following conditions of licence:

 

2. The licensee shall provide a national ethnic Category 2 specialty programming undertaking devoted to providing programming primarily to the Farsi-, Azeri-, Kurdish-, Armenian- and Assyrian-speaking communities.

 

3. The programming must 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:

 

4. Not less than 80% of all programming broadcast during the broadcast week shall be in the Farsi language.

 

5. Not less than 10% of all programming broadcast during the broadcast week shall be in the Azeri, Kurdish, Armenian and Assyrian languages.

 

6. Not more than 10% of all programming broadcast during the broadcast week shall be in the English language.

 

1 News
2 (a) Analysis and interpretation
(b) Long-form documentary
3 Reporting and actualities
4 Religion
5 (b) Informal education/Recreation and leisure
6 (a) Professional sports
(b) Amateur sports
7 Drama and comedy
8 (a) Music and dance other than music video programs or clips
(b) Music video clips
(c) Music video programs
9 Variety
10 Game shows
11 General entertainment and human interest
12 Interstitials
13 Public service announcements
14 Infomercials, promotional and corporate videos

 

7. With respect to the condition of licence relating to advertising, as set out in Public Notice 2000-171-1, condition of licence 4a) will be replaced by:

 

a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs b) and c), the licensee shall not distribute more than 12 minutes of advertising material during each clock hour, no more than 6 minutes of which may consist of local or regional advertising.

  For the purposes of the conditions of this licence, "broadcast day" shall have the same meaning as that set out in section 2 of the Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987.
  Footnote:
 1 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: 2004-11-23

Date modified: