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At the end of a busy and controversial week, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission released its decision on an application by Corus Audio & Advertising Services Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate the regional, English-language Category 2 specialty television programming undertaking, Local1.
The application was denied, the Commission wrote, for reasons relating to "the proposed nature of service and programming description provided by Corus, the proposal to broadcast local advertising, and the potential competitiveness of the proposed service."
Corus stated that the proposed service would provide a considerable amount of local information. At the hearing, Corus stated that should the Commission deny its request to solicit local advertising, the proposed service would not be sustainable.
"Nevertheless, the Commission notes that all of the programming for Local1 would be produced in Calgary, and that, as noted above, the service would not have a local presence in each of the markets in which it intends to be distributed."
The Commission felt that the proposed content would not meet its definition of local programming.
Source: Broadcaster, 02/07/2011
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