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Current described video requirements for TV services
Specialty services
The following lists the specialty services, their current described video requirements (50% of which must be original to the service) and their licence renewal date.
Described video hours for specialty services with a licence renewal date of 31 August 2010
- Comedy Network, The: 3 hours/week
- History Television: 3 hours/week
- Space: The Imagination Station: 3 hours/week
- Teletoon / Télétoon: 3 hours/week
- Treehouse TV: 3 hours/week
- Tvtropolis (Prime TV): 3 hours/week
Described video hours for specialty services with a licence renewal date of 31 August 2011
- Vision: 3 hours/week
Described video hours for specialty services with a licence renewal date of 31 August 2012
- Canal D: 2 hours/week
- Historia (Canal Histoire): 2 hours/week
- Séries +: 2 hours/week
- Ztélé: 2 hours/week
Described video hours for specialty services with a licence renewal date of 31 August 2013
- Vrak: 3 hours/week
- Ytv: 8 hours/month
As announced in Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-430, the Commission intends to apply, through condition of licence, the requirement to provide 4 hours per week of described video programming, 50% of which must be original to the service, at the time of these services’ renewals.
Other services
- Access is required to have 2 hours of described video per week. Its licence renewal date is 31 August 2010.
- APTN is currently required, by condition of licence, to describe all new, first-run English and French-language drama. Its licence renewal date is 31 August 2012.
Private conventional television stations (by province)
These conventional television stations must provide 4 hours per week of described video programming, 50% of which must be original to the service.
Nova Scotia
Canwest Media Inc.
- CIHF-TV Halifax and its transmitters:
- CIHF-TV-4 Truro
- CIHF-TV-5 Wolfville
- CIHF-TV-6 Bridgewater
- CIHF-TV-7 Sydney
- CIHF-TV-8 New Glasgow
- CIHF-TV-9 Shelburne
- CIHF-TV-10 Yarmouth
- CIHF-TV-15 Antigonish
- CIHF-TV-16 Mulgrave
CTV Television Inc.
- CJCB-TV Sydney and its transmitters:
- CJCB-TV-1 Inverness
- CJCB-TV-2 Antigonish
- CJCB-TV-3 Dingwall
- CJCB-TV-4 New Glasgow
- CJCB-TV-5 Bay St. Lawrence
- CJCB-TV-6 Port Hawkesbury
- CJCH-TV Halifax and its transmitters:
- CJCH-TV-1 Canning
- CJCH-TV-2 Truro
- CJCH-TV-3 Valley Colchester County
- CJCH-TV-4 Bridgetown
- CJCH-TV-5 Sheet Harbour
- CJCH-TV-6 Caledonia
- CJCH-TV-7 Yarmouth
- CJCH-TV-8 Marinette
New Brunswick
Canwest Media Inc.
- CIHF-TV-2 Saint John and its transmitters:
- CIHF-TV-1 Fredericton
- CIHF-TV-3 Moncton
- CIHF-TV-11 Florenceville
- CIHF-TV-12 St. Stephen
- CIHF-TV-13 Miramichi City
- CIHF-TV-14 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
CTV Television Inc.
- CKCW-TV Moncton and its transmitters:
- CKAM-TV UpsalquitchCKAM-TV-1 Newcastle
- CKAM-TV-1 Newcastle
- CKAM-TV-2 Chatham
- CKAM-TV-3 Blackville
- CKAM-TV-4 Doaktown
- CKCD-TV Campbellton
- CKCW-TV-1 Charlottetown
- CKCW-TV-2 St. Edwards / St. Louis, Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Canwest Media Inc.
- CJNT-TV Montréal
Canwest Media Inc. (the general partner) and GTNQ Holdings Inc. (the limited partner), carrying on business as Global Television Network Quebec Limited Partnership
- CKMI-TV Québec and its transmitters:
- CKMI-TV-1 Montréal
- CKMI-TV-2 Sherbrooke
CTV Television Inc.
- CFCF-TV Montréal
Ontario
Canwest Media Inc.
- CIII-TV Paris and its transmitters:
- CFGC-TV Sudbury
- CFGC-TV-2 North Bay
- CIII-TV-2 Bancroft
- CIII-TV-4 Owen Sound
- CIII-TV-6 Ottawa
- CIII-TV-7 Midland
- CIII-TV-12 Sault Ste. Marie
- CIII-TV-13 Timmins
- CIII-TV-22 Stevenson
- CIII-TV-27 Peterborough
- CIII-TV-29 Oil Springs
- CIII-TV-41 Toronto
- CIII-TV-55 Fort Erie
- No call sign – Cornwall
- CHCH-TV Hamilton and its transmitters:
- CHCH-TV-1 Ottawa
- CHCH-TV-2 London
- CHCH-TV-3 Muskoka
- CHCH-TV-4 Sudbury
- CHCH-TV-5 Sault Ste. Marie
- CHCH-TV-6 North Bay
- CHCH-TV-7 Timmins
CTV Television Inc.
- CFTO-TV Toronto and its transmitters:
- CFTO-TV-1 Severn Falls
- CFTO-TV-2 Bobcaygeon
- CHBX-TV Sault Ste. Marie and its transmitter:
- CHBX-TV-1 Wawa
- CICI-TV Sudbury and its transmitters:
- CICI-TV-1 Elliot Lake
- CKNY-TV-11 Huntsville
- CJOH-TV Ottawa and its transmitters:
- CJOH-TV-6 Deseronto
- CJOH-TV-8 Cornwall
- CJOH-TV-47 Pembroke
- CKCO-TV Kitchener and its transmitter:
- CKCO-TV-2 Wiarton
- CKCO-TV-3 Oil Springs
- CKNY-TV North Bay
Sun TV Company
- CKXT-TV Toronto and its transmitter:
- CKXT-TV-1 Hamilton
Rogers Broadcasting Limited
- CFMT-TV Toronto and its transmitters:
- CFMT-TV-1 London
- CFMT-TV-2 Ottawa
Manitoba
Canwest Media Inc.
- CKND-TV Winnipeg and its transmitter:
- CKND-TV-2 Minnedosa
CTV Television Inc.
- CKY-TV Winnipeg and its transmitters:
- CKYA-TV Fisher Branch
- CKYB-TV Brandon
- CKYB-TV-1 McCreary
- CKYD-TV Dauphin
- CKYF-TV Flin Flon
- CKYP-TV The Pas
- CKYS-TV Snow Lake
- CKYT-TV Thompson
Saskatchewan
Canwest Media Inc.
- CFRE-TV Regina and its transmitter:
- CFRE-TV-2 Fort Qu'Appelle
CTV Television Inc.
- CICC-TV Yorkton and its transmitters:
- CICC-TV-2 Norquay
- CICC-TV-3 Hudson Bay
- CIEW-TV Warmley (Carlyle Lake)
- CIWH-TV Wynyard
- CIWH-TV-1 Humboldt
- CKCK-TV Regina and its transmitters:
- CKCK-TV-1 Colgate
- CKCK-TV-2 Willow Bunch
- CKCK-TV-7 Fort Qu'Appelle
- CKMC-TV Swift Current
- CKMC-TV-1 Golden Prairie
- CKMJ-TV Marquis
- CIPA-TV Prince Albert and its transmitters:
- CIPA-TV-1 Spiritwood (Alticane)
- CIPA-TV-2 Big River
- CKBQ-TV Melfort
- CKBQ-TV-1 Nipawin
- CFQC-TV Saskatoon and its transmitters:
- CFQC-TV-1 Stranraer
- CFQC-TV-2 North Battleford
Alberta
Canwest Media Inc.
- CHCA-TV Red Deer
- CICT-TV Calgary and its transmitters:
- CICT-TV-1 Drumheller
- CICT-TV-2 Banff
- CISA-TV Lethbridge and its transmitters:
- CISA-TV-1 Burmis
- CISA-TV-2 Brooks
- CISA-TV-3 Coleman
- CISA-TV-4 Waterton Park
- CISA-TV-5 Pincher Creek
- CITV-TV Edmonton
- CITV-TV-1 Red Deer
CTV Television Inc.
- CFCN-TV Calgary and its transmitters:
- CFCN-TV-1 Drumheller
- CFCN-TV-2 Banff
- CFCN-TV-3 Brooks
- CFCN-TV-6 Drumheller
- CFCN-TV-13 Pigeon Mountain
- CFCN-TV-14 Harvie Heights
- CFCN-TV-16 Oyen
- CFCN-TV-5 Lethbridge and its transmitters:
- CFCN-TV-4 Burmis
- CFCN-TV-8 Medicine Hat
- CFCN-TV-17 Waterton Park
- CFCN-TV-18 Coleman
- CFCN-TV-9 Cranbrook, British Columbia
- CFCN-TV-10 Fernie, British Columbia
- CFCN-TV-11 Sparwood, British Columbia
- CFCN-TV-12 Moyie, British Columbia
- CFCN-TV-15 Invermere, British Columbia
- CFWL-TV-1 Invermere, British Columbia
- CFRN-TV Edmonton and its transmitters:
- CFRN-TV-7 Lougheed
- CFRN-TV-12 Athabasca
- CFRN-TV-3 Whitecourt and its transmitters:
- CFRN-TV-1 Grande Prairie
- CFRN-TV-11 Jasper
- CFRN-TV-2 Peace River
- CFRN-TV-8 Grouard Mission
- CFRN-TV-9 Slave Lake
- CFRN-TV-4 Ashmont and its transmitter:
- CFRN-TV-5 Lac La Biche
- CFRN-TV-6 Red Deer and its transmitter:
- CFRN-TV-10 Rocky Mountain House
British Columbia
Canwest Media Inc.
- CHAN-TV Vancouver and its transmitters:
- CHAN-TV-1 Chilliwack
- CHAN-TV-2 Bowen Island
- CHAN-TV-3 Squamish
- CHAN-TV-4 Courtenay
- CHAN-TV-5 Brackendale
- CHAN-TV-6 Wilson Creek
- CHAN-TV-7 Whistler
- CITM-TV 100 Mile House
- CITM-TV-1 Williams Lake
- CITM-TV-2 Quesnel
- CHBC-TV Kelowna and its transmitters:
- CHBC-TV-1 Penticton
- CHBC-TV-2 Vernon
- CHBC-TV-3 Oliver
- CHBC-TV-4 Salmon Arm
- CHBC-TV-5 Enderby
- CHBC-TV-6 Celista
- CHBC-TV-7 Skaha Lake
- CHBC-TV-8 Canoe
- CHBC-TV-9 Apex Mountain
- CHRP-TV-2 Revelstoke
- CHEK-TV Victoria and its transmitters:
- CHEK-TV-1 Sooke
- CHEK-TV-2 River Jordan
- CHEK-TV-3 Port Alberni
- CHEK-TV-4 Coal Harbour
- CHEK-TV-5 Campbell River
- CHKL-TV Kelowna and its transmitters:
- CHKL-TV-1 Penticton
- CHKL-TV-2 Vernon
- CHKL-TV-3 Revelstoke
- CISR-TV Santa Rosa
- CISR-TV-1 Grand Forks
- CKKM-TV Oliver
- CKTN-TV Trail
- CKTN-TV-1 Castlegar
- CKTN-TV-2 Taghum
- CKTN-TV-3 Nelson
- CKTN-TV-4 Creston
- CHKM-TV Kamloops and its transmitter:
- CHKM-TV-1 Pritchard
- CIFG-TV Prince George
CTV Television Inc.
- CIVT-TV Vancouver
Multivan Broadcast Corporation (the general partner), and 650504 B.C. Ltd., Douglas M. Holtby, Geoffrey Y.W. Lau, Robert H. Lee, Joseph Segal and RCG Forex Service Corp. (the limited partners), carrying on business as Multivan Broadcast Limited Partnership
- CHNM-TV Vancouver and its transmitter:
- CHNM-TV-1 Victoria
Related information
Future described video requirements for tv services and stations
Accessibility of telecommunications and broadcasting services (Regulatory Policy 2009-430)
Licence renewals for the television stations controlled by CTV
Licence renewals for the television stations controlled by Global (Decision 2001-458)
