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Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-29

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Ottawa, 28 January 2016

Revised list of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution – Annual compilation of amendments

  1. In Broadcasting Public Notice 2006-55, the Commission announced that it would periodically issue public notices setting out revised lists of eligible satellite services, which would include references to all amendments made since the issuance of the previous public notice setting out the lists.
  2. In Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2011-399, the Commission replaced the lists of eligible satellite services with a simplified, consolidated list, which is currently known as the List of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution (the list). The consolidated list came into effect 1 September 2011.
  3. Accordingly, in Appendix 1 to this regulatory policy, the Commission sets out all amendments made to the list since the last compilation published in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2015-27. The non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution up to and including 20 November 2015 are set out in Appendix 2.
  4. As noted in the following regulatory policies, certain services have been renamed:
    • India Today (formerly Headlines Today Channel, see Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2015-311);
    • FOX Sports Racing (formerly Speed Channel, see Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2015-189); and
    • Gone Viral X-treme (formerly Gone Viral Blog, see Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2015-188).
  5. Further, certain services have been removed from the list:Footnote 1
    • Vijay Channel (see Broadcasting Decision 2015-481); and
    • Express News (see Broadcasting Decision 2015-443).
  6. The above name changes and removal of services are reflected in Appendix 2.
  7. In Broadcasting Decision 2015-146, the Commission approved in part an application to delete the conditions for distribution of Al Jazeera Arabic.Footnote 2 Consequently, the note set out in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2015-27 regarding the requirement that licensees have a condition of licence governing the distribution of the service has been deleted.
  8. The Wholesale Code, set out in the appendix to Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2015-438, applies as a set of guidelines for non-Canadian pay and/or specialty services. The Commission expects these services to conduct their negotiations and enter into agreements with their Canadian partners in a manner that is consistent with the intent and spirit of the Wholesale Code. In particular, non-Canadian services may not include terms in their affiliation agreements that prohibit the distribution of their services on a stand-alone, build-your-own-package or small package basis. A statement to this effect has been set out in the “General notes” section at the end of Appendix 2.

Secretary General

Related documents

Appendix 1 to Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-29

Amendments to the List of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distribution made since List of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distribution – Annual compilation of amendments, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-27, 30 January 2015

Appendix 2 to Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-29

The following is the revised List of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution as of 20 November 2015. Only those services appearing on the most recent list are authorized for distribution. This list is available on the Commission’s website at www.crtc.gc.ca, by clicking on “TV & Radio,” “Programming” and “Access to programs on TV that aren’t Canadian,” and may be obtained in hard copy on request.

Revised list of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution (as of 20 November 2015)

The notes located at the end of the list form an integral part of the authorization.

Note specific to a particular service

*Playboy TV is only authorized for distribution at the specific request of a subscriber. Distributors are not permitted to package Playboy TV in such a way that subscribers are obligated to purchase Playboy TV in order to purchase any other programming service. Distributors are required to take measures to fully block the reception of both the audio and video portions of Playboy TV to subscribers that request it not be receivable in their home (in either unscrambled or scrambled analog form).

General notes

Authorization for the services and stations on this list is subject to the following:

Footnotes

Footnote 1

In Broadcasting Decision 2015-187, the Commission denied an application by Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. to remove KSTP-TV Minneapolis from the list.

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Footnote 2

In Broadcasting Public Notice 2004-51, the Commission approved requests to add Al Jazeera (i.e., Al Jazeera Arabic) to the list; in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2009-725, it approved a request to add Al Jazeera English to the list. In the application that led to the issuance of Broadcasting Decision 2015-146, Al Jazeera Network, the licensee of the above services, referred to the Arabic-language service as Al Jazeera Arabic. This name has been retained in Appendix 2 and in the revised list on the Commission’s website to distinguish between the Arabic- and English-language services.

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