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Broadcasting Distribution Regulations

Version of section 27 from 2012-01-23 to 2014-02-27:

  •  (1) The following definitions apply in this section.

    general interest

    general interest in respect of programming, means programming from a broad spectrum of program genres and categories. (intérêt général)

    principal language

    principal language means a language in which 40% or more of the programming of a programming service is provided over the course of a broadcast week. (langue principale)

  • (2) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, a licensee shall, for every one to three non-Canadian third-language services that it distributes to its subscribers, distribute — to the extent that they are available in the same principal language — at least one Canadian third-language service.

  • (3) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, a licensee that distributes a non-Canadian third-language service in accordance with subsection (2) shall only distribute that service to its subscribers as part of a package with one or more Canadian third-language services.

  • (4) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, a licensee that distributes a general interest non-Canadian third-language service or a general interest Category B third-language service to subscribers shall also distribute an ethnic Category A service to them if one is available in the same principal language.

  • SOR/2003-217, s. 14
  • SOR/2003-458, s. 3
  • SOR/2006-11, s. 4
  • SOR/2011-148, s. 8
  • SOR/2012-4, s. 1

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