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Key Television Policies

The following lists are a quick resource for some of CRTC's key television policies and should not be considered exhaustive. Some policies are articulated via public notices and/or decisions.

Category	Policy
Accessibility, information and recourse for Canadians	Let’s Talk TV: Navigating the Road Ahead – Making informed choices about television providers and improving accessibility to television programming, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-104, 26 March 2015
Benefits policy	Simplified approach to tangible benefits and determining the value of the transaction, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2014-459, 5 September 2014
Choice for TV viewers	Let's Talk TV: A World of Choice – A roadmap to maximize choice for TV viewers and to foster a healthy, dynamic TV market , Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-96, 19 March 2015
Closed captioning and described video	A new policy with respect to closed captioning, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-54, 17 May 2007 Accessibility of telecommunications and broadcasting services, Broadcasting and Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-430, 21 July 2009 Let’s Talk TV: Navigating the Road Ahead – Making informed choices about television providers and improving accessibility to television programming, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-104, 26 March 2015
Creating compelling and diverse Canadian programming	Let's Talk TV: The way forward - Creating compelling and diverse Canadian programming, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-86, 12 March 2015
Criteria for mandatory distribution on the digital basic service	Criteria for assessing applications for mandatory distribution on the digital basic service, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-629, 27 August 2010
Disclosure of aggregate financial data	Regulatory Policy - Disclosure of aggregate financial data for large broadcasting distribution undertakings and over-the-air television and radio ownership groups, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-97, 21 October 2008
Diversity of voices	Regulatory policy - Diversity of voices, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-4, 15 January 2008
Ethnic policy	Ethnic Broadcasting Policy, Public Notice CRTC 1999-117, 16 July 1999 Regulatory amendments to implement the Ethnic Broadcasting Policy and new television content categories, Public Notice CRTC 2000-92, 30 June 2000
Local programming policy	Local Programming Policy, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-24, 29 January 2015
Policy framework on local news and community television	Policy framework for local news and community television, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-224, 15 June 2016
Programming definitions	Definitions for television program categories , Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-808, 1 November 2010 Certification for Canadian Programs - A revised approach, Public Notice CRTC 2000-42, 17 March 2000
Regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services	Broadcasting Distribution Regulations, Public Notice CRTC 1997-150, 22 December 1997 Regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-100, 30 October 2008
Religious broadcasting policy	Religious Broadcasting Policy, Public Notice CRTC 1993-78, 3 June 1993
Indigenous Broadcasting Policy	Native Broadcasting Policy, Public Notice CRTC 1990-89, 20 September 1990
Simultaneous substitution policy	Simultaneous Substitution Policy, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-25, 29 January 2015

Date modified:: 2019-06-14