Broadcasting Circular CRTC 2008-9

Ottawa, 17 December 2008

Information Bulletin

Information requirements for sponsors of non-Canadian services for addition to the lists of eligible satellite services for distribution on a digital basis

In this circular, the Commission sets out the information requirements to be met by sponsors requesting the addition of non-Canadian services to the lists of eligible satellite services for distribution on a digital basis. These requirements reflect the determination in Broadcasting Public Notice 2008-100 to harmonize the information requirements for third-language and for French- and English-language non-Canadian services.

1. The Commission currently requires sponsors of requests for the addition of non-Canadian services to the lists of eligible satellite services for distribution on a digital basis (the digital lists) to provide specific information in order for their requests to be considered. In Broadcasting Public Notice 2008-100, the Commission stated that it would harmonize the information requirements that sponsors must satisfy when making requests for the addition of non-Canadian third-language and for French- and English-language services to the digital lists.

2. The information requirements that have applied for the addition of non-Canadian French- and English-language services to the digital lists are set out in Public Notice 2000-173, and the information requirements that have applied for the addition of non-Canadian third-language services to the digital lists are set out in Broadcasting Public Notice 2004-96.

3. Pursuant to the Commission's determination in Public Notice 2008-100, starting immediately, the above-noted information requirements are superseded, and all proposals for the addition of any non-Canadian services to the digital lists must include the following information, in either of Canada's official languages:

Secretary General

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Footnotes

[1] The program categories are defined in Public Notice 1999-205.

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