{"id":87502,"date":"2010-02-10T22:56:23","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T14:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/crtc-approves-freehd-satellite-tv-service-in-canada\/"},"modified":"2010-02-10T22:56:23","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T14:56:23","slug":"crtc-approves-freehd-satellite-tv-service-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/crtc-approves-freehd-satellite-tv-service-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"CRTC Approves FreeHD Satellite TV Service in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[02-10-10] Satellite TV upstart <strong>FreeHD Canada<\/strong> won limited approval from the <strong>Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission<\/strong> (CRTC) to operate in Canada, the company announced Feb. 9.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In August, FreeHD Canada applied for a CRTC license to offer a free package of local television channels to customers who agreed to buy the equipment necessary to pick up the company\u2019s satellite signal. <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; While CRTC granted FreeHD\u2019s license request, the commission mandated that the company operate under the same rules as other Canadian satellite providers. This rule prevent FreeHD from offering only local stations in its basic package and requires the broadcaster to include at least one CBC channel, one Radio-Canada station, the APTN channel and the Weather Network. Larger pay packages also must follow rules requiring certain services and channels to be optional to consumers, the CRTC said.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Stories-<\/h2>\n<p>\n<b class=\"titlelink\">FreeHD Canada Submits CRTC Application to Provide DTH  Service<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tAugust 19, 2009<br \/>\n[08-19-09] FreeHD Canada Inc.,  a satellite television company, has filed applications with the  Canadian Radio,Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to  provide a Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television service and\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Bell Canada Drops CRTC Lawsuit<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tAugust 14, 2009<br \/>\n[08-14-09] Bell Canada dropped  its lawsuit against the Canadian Radio-television and  Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the broadcaster announced Aug. 13.   \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Bell did not give a reason for dropping the court action. The  company\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Canadian Satellite Providers Argue Against CRTC  Pay-For-Carriage Policy<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tMay 26, 2009<br \/>\n[05-26-09] The Canadian Radio  and Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has issued a mandate  that Canadian TV networks will have to make larger investments in local  programming and Canadian content if they are compensated\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[02-10-10] Satellite TV upstart FreeHD Canada won limited approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate in Canada, the company announced Feb. 9. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In August, FreeHD Canada applied for a CRTC license to offer a free package of local television channels to customers who agreed to buy the equipment necessary to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}