Related Documents - Form 130 - Transitional Digital Television

Acts, regulations and directions

• List of acts, regulations and directions

Industry codes

• List of industry codes

Policies

• List of broadcasting regulatory policies
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• Standard requirements for television stations, discretionary services, and on-demand services (Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-436)
• Policy framework for local and community television (Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-224)
• Provisions requiring the mandatory distribution of emergency alert messages (Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2014-444)
• Revised policy for large broadcast groups regarding Canadian programming expenditure over-expenditures for convential television and specialty services (Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2012-596)
• Amendments to various regulations - Implementation of the regulatory framework relating to vertical intergration (Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2012-407)
• Amendments to various regulations and an exemption order to implement measures to control the loudness of commercial messages (Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2012-273)
• Regulatory framework relating to vertical integration (Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2011-601, 2011-601-1)
• A new policy with respect to closed captioning (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-54)
• Determinations regarding certain aspects of the regulatory framework for over-the-air television (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-53)
• Commission's response to the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' final report on the presence, portrayal and participation of persons with disabilities in television programming (Public Notice CRTC 2006-77)
• Viewing and expenditure incentives for English-language Canadian television drama (Public Notice CRTC 2006-11)
• Task Force for Cultural Diversity in Television (Public Notice CRTC 2005-24)
• Incentives for original French-language Canadian television drama (Public Notice CRTC 2005-8)
• Incentives for English-language Canadian television drama (Public Notice CRTC 2004-93)
• Regulatory framework for interactive television services (Public Notice CRTC 2004-82)
• The regulatory framework for the distribution of digital television signals (Public Notice CRTC 2003-61)
• Call for comments on a proposed policy framework for the distribution of digital television services (Public Notice CRTC 2002-32)
• A licensing policy to oversee the transition from analog to digital, over-the-air television broadcasting (Public Notice CRTC 2002-31)
• Certification For Canadian Programs (Public Notice CRTC 2000-42)
• Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (Public Notice CRTC 1991-90)
• Television Policy: Building on Success (Public Notice CRTC 1999-97)
• Religious Broadcasting Policy (Public Notice CRTC 1993-78)
• Ethnic Broadcasting Policy (Public Notice CRTC 1999-117, 2000-92)
• Employment Equity Policy (Public Notices CRTC 1992-59 and 1997-34)
• On-Air Presence (Public Notices CRTC 1994-69 and 1995-98)
• Gender Portrayal, Policy (Public Notice CRTC 1992-58)
• Advertising of Alcoholic Beverages, Broadcast (Public Notices CRTC 1997-12, 1999-132)
• Violence in Television Programming
  • Classification System + V Chip (Public Notices CRTC 1997-80, 2000-109)
  • Policy (Public Notice CRTC 1996-36)
• Policy Respecting Television Networks (Public Notice CRTC 1989-2)
• Television Programming, "First Run" (Public Notice CRTC 1988-197)
• Services using the Vertical Blanking Interval (Television) or Subsidiary Communications Multiplex Operation (FM) - Policy (Public Notice CRTC 1989-23)

For additional information, the Commission suggests consulting the following documents:

• Procedures for filing confidential information and requesting its disclosure in Commission proceedings (Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-961)
• Guidelines on the CRTC Rules of Practice and Procedure (Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-959)
• Obligation relating to the electronic filing of applications and use of Commission forms (Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-453-2)
• Documentary Evidence to confirm Availability of Financing - Commission Policy

You must apply to Industry Canada for a frequency and broadcast certification or amendment. Available frequencies are scarce in some major urban areas. For more information, call Industry Canada toll-free at 1-800-328-6189 or check its website for offices across the country.

Date modified:

2016-11-22