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  Route reference: 2009-339
  Ottawa, 5 August 2009
  Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Incorporated
 Across Canada
  Application 2009-0763-6, received 26 March 2009
 

APTN – Licence amendment

1. The Commission approves the application by Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Incorporated (APTN) to amend the broadcasting licence for the television programming undertaking APTN in order to allow temporary flexibility in meeting its weekly Aboriginal- and French-language programming requirements as well as its priority programming and described video requirements during the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. The Commission did not receive any interventions in connection with this application.
2. APTN stated that, for a 17-day period in February 2010, it will broadcast a minimum of 10 hours per day of Olympic coverage: four hours in English, four hours in French, and two hours in a variety of Aboriginal languages.
3. The Commission is satisfied with APTN’s commitment that it will make up for any shortcomings to the weekly requirements caused by the Olympic coverage by increasing accordingly the amount of the required programming as set out in its conditions of licence throughout the remainder of the broadcast year. The conditions of licence that may be affected by the Olympic coverage are as follows:

5. The licensee shall broadcast a minimum of 30 hours of programming in Aboriginal languages in each broadcast week, increasing to a minimum of 35 hours of such programming by the end of the licence term.

6. The licensee shall broadcast a minimum of 18 hours of French-language programming in each broadcast week, increasing to a minimum of 20 hours of such programming by the end of the licence term.

8. The licensee shall broadcast, at a minimum, an average of six hours of Canadian programs in the priority program categories between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. in each broadcast week during the first year of the licence term, and a minimum of seven hours of such programming in each broadcast week during the second year. The licensee shall broadcast, at a minimum, an average of eight hours of Canadian programs in the priority program categories between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. in each broadcast week during the third and each successive year of the licence term.

10. The licensee shall provide described video to accompany a minimum of one hour of new, first-run English-language drama in each broadcast week during the first and second broadcast years of the licence term. During the third year and for the remainder of the licence term, the licensee shall provide described video programming for all new, first-run English- and French-language drama.

  Secretary General
  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: http://www.crtc.gc.ca.

 

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