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Bell denied requests for no quota on independent programming

Briefs | 12/11/2015 6:18 pm EST

The CRTC on Friday approved requests from BCE Inc. to delete many genre-related terms on its licences for three different specialty channels, but it was denied in all three instances its requests that the requirement that 25 per cent of Canadian programming, other than news, current affairs and sports, come from independent production companies.

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