Discretionary Services Regulations — 1
Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations. Act means the Broadcasting Act . ( Loi ) advertising material means any commercial message or programming that promotes a station, network or program but it does not include (a) a station or network identification; (b) the announcement of an upcoming program that is voiced over credits; or (c) a promotion for a Canadian program or a Canadian feature film, even if a sponsor is identified in the title of the program or film or as a sponsor of that program or film, as long as the identification is limited to the sponsor’s name and does not include a description, representation or attribute of the sponsor’s products or services. ( matériel publicitaire ) broadcast year means the period that begins on September 1 of one year and ends on August 31 of the following year. ( année de radiodiffusion ) Canadian program means a program (a) in respect of which a Canadian film or video production certificate as defined in section 125.4 of the Income Tax Act has been issued; or (b) that qualifies as a Canadian program in accordance with the criteria established by the Commission in (i) Appendices 1 and 2 to Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2023-90, dated 23 March 2023 and entitled Change to the treatment of stock footage costs as part of the evaluation of applications for Canadian program certification , or (ii) [Repealed, SOR/2023-216, s. 3] (iii) paragraphs 128 to 130 of Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-86, dated March 12, 2015, entitled Let’s Talk TV: The way forward – Creating compelling and diverse Canadian programming . ( émission canadienne ) commercial message means an advertisement that is intended to sell or promote goods, services, natural resources or activities, including by mentioning or displaying in a list of prizes the name of a person that is selling or promoting the goods, services, natural resources or activities. ( message publicitaire ) exempt distribution undertaking means a distribution undertaking whose operator is exempt from one or more of the requirements of Part II of the Act by an order of the Commission made under subsection 9(4) of the Act. ( entreprise de distribution exemptée ) key figure means a figure formed by a combination of alphanumeric characters set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 that corresponds to the description of the program set out in column 1. ( chiffre clé ) licensed means licensed by the Commission. ( autorisé ) licensee means a person that is licensed to carry on a discretionary programming undertaking or a discretionary services network. ( titulaire ) new programming service means a programming service that has not been previously distributed in Canada and includes a high definition version or a new multiplex of an existing programming service. ( nouveau service de programmation ) program means a program that falls into a category set out in item 6, column 1, of Schedule 1. ( émission ) programming means anything that is broadcast, but does not include visual images, whether or not combined with sounds, that consist predominantly of alphanumeric characters. ( programmation ) SOR/2023-216, s. 3