[email protected] (Marlene Blanshay) writes:
> In article <
[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:
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>> Is OLN-Canada required by the CRTC to show such lousy programming? Do CanCon regulations require
>> them to show Canadian produced musclehead competitions and dog shows, instead of US produced
>> cycling shows?
>>
Unfortunately according to the CRTC they do.
In Kanada the CTRC [Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission/Conseil de la
Radiodiffusion et des Telecommunications Canadiennes] which attempts to save Kanada's ''heritage''
by regulating, via quantification, the amount of kanadian junk they have to pitch at the long
suffering Hyphenated-Canadian viewers.
Fortunately, as the astute reader of the following will observe, there is ample leeway for
''loopholes'' and matters requiring resolution or an opinion by CRTC board members for which they,
presumably, can grab a little graft or the odd kickback.
Maybe we should sick Stikeman-Elliott's self proclaimed Chemical Caretaker, **** (both by Name and
Nature) Pound onto the CRTC to do a clean up job there, since he's had many years experience with
the IOC, which recently gave him the cold shoulder, trusting, possibly, neither his methods or his
motives. At least he\d be out of Verbruggens hair for a while!
Quoting CRTC:
Television What is a Canadian program?
The CRTC will certify programs as Canadian if they meet the following criteria:
* the producer is Canadian;
* key creative personnel are Canadian;
* 75% of service costs and post-production lab costs are paid to Canadians.
Read the Canadian Program Certification factsheet for details. Air time for Canadian programs
Private television stations and networks (e.g. CTV, Global,TVA) and ethnic TV stations must achieve
a yearly Canadian content level of:
* 60% overall, measured during the day \x{2013} i.e. 6AM and midnight;
* 50%, measured during the evening broadcast period \x{2013} i.e. between 6PM and midnight.
CBC must ensure that at least 60% of its overall schedule, measured during the day \x{2013} i.e. 6AM
to midnight, is Canadian.
Requirements for pay-tv, specialty and pay-per-view services vary and are set by conditions of
licence. Check decisions for individual services for details (Search).
Broadcasters can claim a 125% to 150% time credit for Canadian dramas when they're aired during peak
viewing hours (7PM to 11PM).
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