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Decision CRTC 2000-513 |
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Ottawa, 14 December 2000 |
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CFMT, a division of Rogers Broadcasting Ltd.
Across Canada — 200008377 |
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14 August 2000 Public Hearing |
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International Film Festival Channel (IFFC) |
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On 24 November 2000, the Commission approved a Category 2 specialty television service to be known as International Film Festival Channel (IFFC). The terms and conditions generally applicable to Category 2 services are set out in the public notice accompanying this and other decisions released today. |
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Conditions of licence |
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The licence, when issued, will expire 31 August 2007 and will be subject to the following conditions as well as to those set out in both Public Notice CRTC 2000-171 andin the licence to be issued. |
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Nature of service |
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a) The licensee shall provide a national ethnic Category 2 specialty television service offering a wide variety of non-U.S. foreign movies and Canadian movies versioned for international distribution. |
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b) The programming must be drawn exclusively from the following categories, as set out in Schedule I to the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990: |
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c) 85% of all programming broadcast during the broadcast week shall be ethnic, serving no fewer than 20 different ethnocultural groups each month. |
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d) 75% of all third-language movies shall be subtitled in English or French. |
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e) No less than 90% of all programming broadcast during the broadcast week shall be in languages other than English or French. |
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Definitions |
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Broadcast day shall have the same meaning as that set out in section 2 of the Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987. |
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Secretary General |
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This decision is to be appended to the licence. It is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be examined at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca |
