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References: Part 1 applications posted on 30 March 2015

Ottawa, 26 June 2015

Bell Canada
Across Canada

Applications 2015-0275-8, 2015-0276-6, 2015-0272-4, 2015-0273-2, 2015-0274-0 and 2015-0271-6

Addition of various non-Canadian programming services to the List of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution

The Commission approves applications to add various non-Canadian programming services to the List of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution (the list) and amends the list accordingly. The revised list is available on the Commission’s website at www.crtc.gc.ca, by clicking on “TV & Radio” and selecting “Programming.”

Introduction

  1. The Commission received applications from Bell Canada, acting as the Canadian sponsor, to add the non-Canadian programming services listed in the table below to the List of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution (the list). The Commission did not receive any interventions regarding these applications.
    Name of service Type of service Language(s) of service Description of programming Country of origin of service Target audience
    Radio Télévision Nationale Congolaise (RTNC) general interest 60% French-language / 10% Kituba-language / 10% Lingala-language / 10% Tshiluba-language / 10% Swahili-language provides family-oriented programming including news, sports, entertainment and information for Africans living abroad Democratic Republic of Congo French-speaking African Canadians
    Radiodiffusion Télévision Camerounaise (CRTV) general interest 60% French-language / 40% English-language provides family-oriented programming including news, sports and information for Africans living abroad Cameroon French-speaking African Canadians
    Radio Télévision du Sénégal (RTS) general interest 95% French-language / 5% mixed Wolof-, Peul- and Arabic-language provides family-oriented programming including news, entertainment and information for Africans living abroad Senegal French-speaking African Canadians
    Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI) general interest 98% French-language / 2% English-language provides family-oriented programming including news, entertainment and information for Africans living abroad Republic of Côte d’Ivoire French-speaking African Canadians
    2STV general interest 80% French-language / 20% mixed Wolof-, Peul- and Arabic-language provides family-oriented programming including news, sports, entertainment and information for Africans living abroad Senegal French-speaking African Canadians
    Canal 2 International general interest 80% French-language / 20% English-language provides family-oriented programming including news, sports, entertainment and information for Africans living abroad Cameroon French-speaking African Canadians and Cameroonians
  2. The Commission’s general approach to the addition of non-Canadian English- and French-language services to the list is set out in Public Notice 2000-173, and reiterated in Broadcasting Public Notice 2008-100. Under this approach, the Commission assesses such requests in the context of its general policy, which, among other things, precludes the addition of a non-Canadian service that can be considered either totally or partially competitive with Canadian specialty or pay television services.

Commission’s analysis and decisions

  1. In assessing the competitiveness of a service, the Commission relies primarily on the comments filed to identify the Canadian pay and specialty services with which a proposed non-Canadian service might be totally or partially competitive.
  2. In the absence of opposing interventions, the Commission approves the applications by Bell Canada to add the non-Canadian programming services listed in the table above to the List of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution and amends the list accordingly. The revised list is available on the Commission’s website at www.crtc.gc.ca by clicking on “TV & Radio” and selecting “Programming,” and may be obtained in hard copy on request.

Secretary General

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