Since 1987, the CRTC has been involved in several notable decisions, some of which led to controversy and debate. The CRTC can suspend the licence of a licensee that fails to comply with the regulations or an order. Some observers argued that this influenced the CRTC's June 2005 decision to ease Canadian content restrictions on satellite radio (see above). provide terrestrial broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) with greater flexibility in making their contributions to local expression, and direct-to-home BDUs with the ability to claim an allowable contribution for locally reflective news programming; provide financial support to over-the-air television stations; reflect policy changes regarding the operation of community channels; and. They also argue that satellite radio will boost Canadian culture by giving vital exposure to independent artists, instead of concentrating just on the country's stars, and point to the CRTC's successful extraction of promises to program 10% Canadian content on satellite services already operational in the United States as important concessions. Customers using the fastest connections of five megabits per second, for example, will have a monthly allotment of 60 GB, beyond which Bell will charge $1.12 per GB to a maximum of $22.50.

As Grey's Anatomy is on ABC, but is carried in Canada on CTV at the same time, for instance, the cable, satellite, or other broadcast distributor must send the CTV feed over the signal of the carried ABC affiliate, even where the ABC version is somehow different, particularly commercials. Beyond that set limit, individual users will be charged per gigabyte, depending on the speed of their connections. [19] The review ultimately identified a viable frequency for a third station, and CJFO-FM launched in 2010. Tariff applications, international licences, agreement applications and more. The commission is not fully equivalent to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, which has additional powers over technical matters, in broadcasting and other aspects of communications, in that country. The two companies are in partnership with American firms XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio respectively, and in accordance with the CRTC decision will only need to offer ten percent Canadian content. You will not receive a reply. Given the timing of the publication of this decision, the Commission notes that this request has been rendered moot.

One condition normally taken into account in such a decision is the level of foreign ownership; federal regulations require that Canadian citizens ultimately own a majority of a broadcast licence. (contribution à l’expression locale). (2) Subsections 32(2) and (3) of the Regulations are replaced by the following: (2) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its licence, a licensee shall direct at least 50% of its direct programming expenses in a broadcast year to community access television programming. The CRTC has in the past regulated the prices cable television broadcast distributors are allowed to charge.

Bell appealed both requirements, citing that the rules do not apply to cable companies and that they constituted proactive rate regulation by the CRTC, which goes against government official policy direction that the regulator only intervene in markets after a competitive problem has been proven.

(2) Section 20 comes into force on September 1, 2018. (émission rediffusée). The CRTC reports to the Parliament of Canada through the Minister of Canadian Heritage, which is responsible for the Broadcasting Act, and has an informal relationship with Industry Canada, which is responsible for the Telecommunications Act. Distribution broadcast licences, including new licences, amendments, revocations and renewals. The station was later sold to RNC Media, but instead of renewing its licence the CRTC issued RNC a licence to launch a new radio station on the same frequency. On the telecom side, the CRTC originally regulated only privately held common carriers: Other telephone companies, many of which were publicly owned and entirely within a province's borders, were regulated by provincial authorities until court rulings during the 1990s affirmed federal jurisdiction over the sector, which also included some fifty small independent incumbents, most of them in Ontario and Quebec. The CRTC also regulates which channels broadcast distributors must or may offer.

(a) community programming for distribution on the licensee’s own community channel; (b) community programming for distribution on a community channel in another licensed area or an exempt area, that is operated by the licensee or by an affiliate; or, (c) locally reflective news programming. Complaints against broadcasters, such as concerns around offensive programming, are dealt with by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC), an independent broadcast industry association, rather than by the CRTC, although CBSC decisions can be appealed to the CRTC if necessary. The equipment is usually purchased from an American supplier (although some merchants have attempted to set up shop in Canada) and the services are billed to an American postal address.