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We also monitor the operations of licensed radio and TV services to ensure they meet their regulatory requirements. </p> <p><a href="/eng/5000/tv2.htm">Key television policies</a> </p> <p><a href="/eng/5000/radio2.htm">Key radio policies</a></p> </div> </div> <h2>Exclusive broadcasting rights</h2> <p>We ensure that television programming is widely available to Canadians across the country. Television services often acquire exclusive rights to programs, but since these services are offered to all cable and satellite distributors, most Canadians will have access to them.</p> <p>On the Internet, digital media services may offer exclusive content as well, but we do not permit programs designed for television to be offered exclusively by only one specific mobile or retail. Internet service. This ensures that customers will not have to subscribe to more than one Internet service provider (ISP) or mobile provider to watch content.</p> <p>Video-on- demand (VOD) services offered via traditional television distributors are not permitted to acquire exclusive rights because that would mean those programs would only be available to subscribers of that specific television distributor. However, VOD services can offer exclusive content in the same way as digital media services on the Internet provided the VOD service is also offered on the Internet to all Canadians without the need for a television subscription.</p> <div class="row"> <section class="col-md-12"> <h2 class="mrgn-lft-md">Topics</h2> <section class="col-md-6"> <h3><a href="/eng/cancon.htm">Content Made by Canadians</a></h3> <ul> <li><a href="/eng/cancon/c_services.htm">Canadian Programming Services</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/info_sht/tv11.htm">Canadian Program Certification</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/INFO_SHT/R1.HTM">Canadian Content on the Radio</a></li> </ul> </section> <section class="col-md-6"> <h3>TV Programming</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/eng/television/program/alacarte.htm">Affordable basic TV package, small packages and pick and pay channels</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/television/publicit/">Commercials</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/info_sht/b311.htm">Access to programs on TV that aren鈥檛 Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/info_sht/tv15.htm">Award shows that qualify as programs of national interest</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/info_sht/b314.htm">Blocking features and parental control</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/television/services/local.htm">Local Programming and Over-The-Air (OTA) Television Broadcasting</a> <ul> <li><a href="/eng/info_sht/tv13.htm">Discontinuing the Local Program Improvement Fund (LPIF)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/eng/info_sht/b301.htm">TV blackouts and blocked programs</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/info_sht/b317.htm">Violence on TV</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/info_sht/b308.htm">Offering cultural diversity</a> </li> </ul> </section> <div class="clearfix"></div> <section class="col-md-6"> <h3>Radio Programming</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/eng/general/ccdparties.htm">Eligible Initiatives and Canadian Content Development Contributions</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/television/publicit/">Commercials</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/info_sht/b308.htm">Offering cultural diversity</a> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="col-md-6"> <h3>Monitoring Compliance</h3> <p>Our monitoring of licensees to make sure they are meeting their conditions of licence</p> <ul> <li><a href="/eng/5000/tv14.htm">Submit TV program logs</a></li> </ul> </section> <div class="clearfix"></div> <section class="col-md-6"> <h3><a href="/eng/info_sht/tv11.htm">Canadian Program Certification</a></h3> <ul> <li><a href="/canrec/eng/canrec.htm">Apply for Canadian Program Certification</a></li> <li><a href="https://applications.crtc.gc.ca/portail-portal/eng/listes-lists/canrec/1">List of Canadian Certified Programs</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/forms/efiles/f304.htm">Apply to be on the list of non-Canadian Programming Services</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/general/cipfund.htm">List of Certified Independent Production Funds</a></li> </ul> </section> <section class="col-md-6"> <h3><a href="/eng/info_sht/g8.htm">Make a complaint</a></h3> <p>How to make a complaint about your TV or radio service online, by email and by phone.</p> </section> </section> </div> <hr> <div class="row"> <section class="col-md-12"> <h2 class="mrgn-tp-0">What we are doing</h2> <section class="col-md-6"> <h3 class="mrgn-tp-md">Related Topics</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/eng/info_sht/b304.htm">Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC)</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/television/publicit/codes.htm">Codes for Radio and TV Broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/5000/dist6.htm">Notice of Service Area Extensions</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/internet/musi.htm">TV and music online</a></li> </ul> </section> <section class="col-md-6"> <h3 class="mrgn-tp-md">Notices of Consultation</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/eng/archive/2020/2020-374.htm">Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2020-374</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/archive/2019/2019-379-1.htm">Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2019-379-1</a></li> <li><a href="/eng/archive/2019/2019-379.htm">Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2019-379</a></li> </ul> </section> </section> 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