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Category B services

December 07, 2023

This article is about a former classification system of Canadian cable TV. For the modern classification, see Discretionary service.

A Category B service is the former term for a Canadian discretionary specialty television channel which, as defined by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, may be carried by all subscription television providers. Such services were called Category 2 until September 1, 2011.[1]

Unlike Category A services, Category B services are not protected as to format. They are licensed to broadcast within defined formats which are not provided by or overly close to an existing protected channel, but their formats are not protected themselves and need not protect other Category B services. Also unlike Category A services, a Category B service does not have guaranteed cable carriage rights, but must directly negotiate carriage with cable distributors. Category B services encompass both pay television and specialty channels.

In December 2012, the CRTC exempted from formal licensing services with less than 200,000 subscribers that would otherwise meet the definition of a Category B service, and services which air 90% of their programming in a language other than English, French, or languages of aboriginal peoples in Canada.[2]

Henceforth,[when?] most Canadian specialty channels (except for national news and mainstream sports channels, which are classified as Category C services) will be licensed as Category B services.[3]

Category B specialty services edit

The following is a list of currently launched and officially licensed Category B services in Canada:

English edit

French edit

Multicultural edit

Category B pay services edit

French edit

Exempted Category B services edit

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English edit

French edit

Ethnic edit

Defunct Category B services edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Gusto's intellectual property was sold to Bell Media in 2016. The original channel ceased operations on September 1, 2016, and was concurrently replaced by a version operating under a Category A license formerly used by M3.
  2. ^ After acquiring rights to its programming, Odyssey Television Network launched a separate channel under the same name)

References edit

  1. ^ "Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-100: Regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services". CRTC. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Broadcasting Order CRTC 2012-689: New exemption order respecting certain programming undertakings that would otherwise be eligible to be operated as Category B services, and amendments to the Exemption order respecting certain third-language television undertakings". CRTC. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ^ Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) (25 October 2010). "ARCHIVED - Standard conditions of licence, expectations and encouragements for Category B pay and specialty services". crtc.gc.ca.
  4. ^ . 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016.

December 07, 2023
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This article is about a former classification system of Canadian cable TV For the modern classification see Discretionary service A Category B service is the former term for a Canadian discretionary specialty television channel which as defined by the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission may be carried by all subscription television providers Such services were called Category 2 until September 1 2011 1 Unlike Category A services Category B services are not protected as to format They are licensed to broadcast within defined formats which are not provided by or overly close to an existing protected channel but their formats are not protected themselves and need not protect other Category B services Also unlike Category A services a Category B service does not have guaranteed cable carriage rights but must directly negotiate carriage with cable distributors Category B services encompass both pay television and specialty channels In December 2012 the CRTC exempted from formal licensing services with less than 200 000 subscribers that would otherwise meet the definition of a Category B service and services which air 90 of their programming in a language other than English French or languages of aboriginal peoples in Canada 2 Henceforth when most Canadian specialty channels except for national news and mainstream sports channels which are classified as Category C services will be licensed as Category B services 3 Contents 1 Category B specialty services 1 1 English 1 2 French 1 3 Multicultural 2 Category B pay services 2 1 French 3 Exempted Category B services 3 1 English 3 2 French 3 3 Ethnic 4 Defunct Category B services 5 See also 6 Notes 7 ReferencesCategory B specialty services editThe following is a list of currently launched and officially licensed Category B services in Canada English edit ABC Spark Adult Swim Animal Planet ATN Cricket Plus ATN DD Sports A Side TV BBC Earth Boomerang Cooking Channel Commonwealth Broadcasting Network 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SVBC ATN Tamil Plus ATN Urdu BBC Arabic Big Magic International Canada Chinese TV Canada National TV CCCTV Chakde TV Channel Punjabi Channel Y CTC International Dream 2 ERT World Fairchild TV 2 HD FTV First National Greek Music Channel German Kino Plus Halla Bol Kids TV HRT Sat Hum TV Iran TV Network KHL TV LS Times TV MEGA Cosmos Melody Aflam Melody Drama Melody Hits Momo Kids Montreal Greek TV NGTV Nova World OSN Ya Hala International Prime Asia TV ProSiebenSat 1 Welt PTC Punjabi Rawal TV RBTI Canada Rotana Aflam Rotana Cinema Rotana Classic Rotana Clip Rotana Drama Rotana Khalijiah Rotana Mousica RTL Living RTS Sat RTVi SBTN Schlager TV TET Tamil One Tamil Vision Telebimbi TeleNinos The Israeli Network Travelxp TVCentr International TVP Info TV Rain Vanakkam TV Win HD Caribbean WOWtv Zee 24 Taas Zee Bangla Zee Marathi Zee Punjabi Zee Salaam Zee Talkies Zee Tamil ZingDefunct Category B services editAction ATN NDTV 24x7 BBC Canada BBC Kids Bloomberg TV Canada bpm tv Bollywood Times CityNews Channel Comedy Gold CoolTV Cosmopolitan TV Discovery Kids Dusk The Ecology Channel Edge TV Fine Living Fox Sports World Canada Global Reality Channel GolTV Gusto TV Knight Enterprises note 1 HSTN IDNR TV Leonardo World MEGA Cosmos Ethnic Channels Group note 2 Mehndi TV MSNBC Canada Niagara News TV Nuevo Mundo Television Persian Vision The Pet Network RTVi Sundance Channel Talentvision 2 HD Teletoon Retro Teletoon Retro Tonis TVOne Canada UTV Movies Video Italia X Treme SportsSee also editList of television stations in Canada by call sign List of Canadian television networks table List of Canadian television channels List of Canadian specialty channels Category A services Category C services List of foreign television channels available in Canada List of United States stations available in Canada Digital television in Canada Multichannel television in Canada List of Canadian stations available in the United States List of television stations in North America by media marketNotes edit Gusto s intellectual property was sold to Bell Media in 2016 The original channel ceased operations on September 1 2016 and was concurrently replaced by a version operating under a Category A license formerly used by M3 After acquiring rights to its programming Odyssey Television Network launched a separate channel under the same name References edit Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008 100 Regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services CRTC 30 October 2008 Retrieved 23 January 2013 Broadcasting Order CRTC 2012 689 New exemption order respecting certain programming undertakings that would otherwise be eligible to be operated as Category B services and amendments to the Exemption order respecting certain third language television undertakings CRTC 19 December 2012 Retrieved 23 January 2013 Government of Canada Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission CRTC 25 October 2010 ARCHIVED Standard 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