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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-234
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Ottawa, 16 July 2007
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Kumar Annamalai, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Across Canada
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Application 2007-0009-8, received 3 January 2007
Public Hearing in the National Capital Region
28 May 2007
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Look English News - Category 2 specialty service
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The Commission approves an application for a broadcasting licence to operate a new Category 2 specialty programming undertaking.
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Kumar Annamalai, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, filed an application for a broadcasting licence to operate Look English News, a national, English-language ethnic niche Category 2 specialty programming undertaking that would be devoted to news and public affairs targeting Canadians with origins in Sri Lanka and India. All of the programming would be in the English language.
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The applicant also requested authority to broadcast up to six minutes per hour of local advertising.
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The Commission did not receive any interventions in connection with this application.
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The Commission is satisfied that the application is in conformity with all applicable terms and conditions announced in Public Notice 2000-171-1. Accordingly, the Commission approves the application by Kumar Annamalai, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, for a broadcasting licence to operate the national, English-language ethnic niche Category 2 specialty programming undertaking Look English News.
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As set out in Broadcasting Public Notice 2005-104, the Commission generally permits new ethnic specialty services to broadcast up to six minutes per hour of local advertising unless an intervener makes a compelling case to the contrary. In the present case, there were no interventions opposing the proposal to broadcast local advertising. The Commission therefore approves the applicant's request for authority to broadcast up to six minutes per hour of local advertising.
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The terms and conditions of licence for the new undertaking, including a condition authorizing the broadcast of local advertising, are set out in the appendix to this decision.
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Secretary General
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Related documents
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Revised approach for the consideration of broadcasting licence applications proposing new third-language ethnic Category 2 pay and specialty services, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2005-104, 23 November 2005
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Introductory statement - Licensing of new digital pay and specialty services - Corrected Appendix 2, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2000-171-1, 6 March 2001
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Licensing framework policy for new digital pay and specialty services, Public Notice CRTC 2000-6, 13 January 2000
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This decision is to be appended to the licence. It is available in alternative format upon request and may also be examined in PDF format or in HTML at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca
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Appendix to Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-234
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Terms and conditions of licence for the Category 2 specialty programming undertaking Look English News
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Terms
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A licence will be issued once the applicant has satisfied the Commission, with supporting documentation, that the following requirements have been met:
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- an eligible Canadian corporation has been incorporated in accordance with the application in all material respects;
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- the applicant has entered into a distribution agreement with at least one licensed distributor; and
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- 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 from the date of this decision, unless a request for an extension of time is approved by the Commission before 16 July 2010. In order to ensure that such a request is processed in a timely manner, it should be submitted at least 60 days before that date.
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The licence will expire 31 August 2013.
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Conditions of licence
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1. The licence shall 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, except for condition 4d), which will not apply, and condition 4a) which is replaced by:
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Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs b) and c), the licensee shall not broadcast more than twelve (12) minutes of advertising material during each clock hour, no more than six (6) minutes of which may consist of local advertising.
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2. The licensee shall provide a national, English-language ethnic niche Category 2 specialty programming service devoted to news and public affairs targeting Canadians with origins in Sri Lanka and India.
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3. The programming shall be drawn exclusively from the following categories set out in item 6 of Schedule I to the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990, as amended from time to time:
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1 News
2 (a) Analysis and interpretation
(b) Long-form documentary
3 Reporting and actualities
12 Interstitials
13 Public service announcements
14 Infomercials, promotional and corporate videos
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4. In order to ensure that the licensee complies at all times with the Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility of non-Canadians), P.C. 1997-486, 8 April 1997, as amended by P.C. 1998-1268, 15 July 1998, the licensee shall file, for the Commission's prior review, a copy of any programming supply agreement and/or licence trademark agreement it intends to enter into with a non-Canadian party.
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For the purposes of the conditions of this licence, including condition of licence no. 1, broadcast day refers to the 24-hour period beginning each day at 6 a.m., or any other period approved by the Commission.
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Date Modified: 2007-07-16
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