Bell denied requests to switch Category A channels to B
Media | 01/18/2016 5:33 pm EST
The CRTC has denied BCE Inc. applications to have eight Category A channels changed to Category B channels, which would have reduced the requirements for Canadian content on these channels.
The channels Bell Media requested this change for were Bravo, the Comedy Network, Discovery Channel, E, MTV Canada, Much, M3 and Space.
While Bell was requesting that the Canadian-content requirement for these channels be reduced to 35 per cent — most Category A channels are required to show at least 50 per cent Canadian content — it was also willing to give up the access privileges that come
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