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Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987 (SOR/87-49)

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Regulations are current to 2013-05-26 and last amended on 2012-09-01. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE I

(Sections 2 and 10)

KEY FIGURES

Item	Description	Key Figure
		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th-6th,	7th & 8th
		Alphanumeric Characters
1.	Country of origin
	(1) Canada	1
	(2) United States	2
	(3) United Kingdom	3
	(4) France	4
	(5) Other	5
2.	Broadcast origination point
	(1) Local		1
	(2) Other		2
	(3) Network		3
3.	Composition
	(1) Live Program			1
	(2) Recording of Live Program (first play)			2
	(3) Other Recorded Program (first play)			3
	(4) Repeat Broadcast of a Program referred to in subitem (1), (2) or (3)			4
4.	Production Source
	(1) Local Station				1
	(2) Local Program produced by Affiliated Production Company				2
	(3) Other Canadian Program produced by Affiliated Production Company				3
	(4) Other Station (include call sign)				4
	(5) Network (include identification if different from primary network to which the station is affiliated)				5
	(6) Canadian Independent Producer (include Commission “C” number or the number assigned by the Department of Canadian Heritage				6
	(7) Special Recognition (include Commission “S.R.” number)				7
	(8) Canadian programs from a government and productions of the National Film Board (include the source)				8
	(9) Programs from any source that are not accredited as Canadian programs (include indication of lip synchronisation credit and Commission “D” number where appropriate)				9
5.	Audience Target
	(1) Children (2-11 Years)					1
	(2) Youth (12-17 Years)					2
	(3) Other specific identifiable group not referred to in subitem (1) or (2)					3
	(4) General Audience					4
6.	Categories
	Information:
	(1) News					0	1 0
	(2) (a) Analysis and Interpretation					0	2 A
	(b) Long-form documentary					0	2 B
	(3) Reporting and Actualities					0	3 0
	(4) Religion					0	4 0
	(5) (a) Formal education and pre-school					0	5 A
	(b) Informal education/Recreation and leisure					0	5 B
	Sports:
	(6) (a) Professional sports					0	6 A
	(b) Amateur sports					0	6 B
	Music and Entertainment:
	(7) Drama and comedy (include the appropriate Commission drama credit where applicable)
	(a) Ongoing Dramatic Series					0	7 A
	(b) Ongoing comedy series (sitcoms)					0	7 B
	(c) Specials, mini-series or made-for-TV feature films					0	7 C
	(d) Theatrical feature films aired on TV					0	7 D
	(e) Animated television programs and films					0	7 E
	(f) Programs of comedy sketches, improvisation, unscripted works, stand-up comedy
	(g) Other drama					0	7 G
	(8) (a) Music and dance other than music video programs or clips					0	8 A
	(b) Music video clips					0	8 B
	(c) Music video programs					0	8 C
	(9) Variety					0	9 0
	(10) Game shows					1	0 0
	(11) (a) General entertainment and human interest					1	1 A
	(b) Reality television					1	1 B
	Other:
	(12) Interstitials					1	2 0
	(13) Public service announcements					1	3 0
	(14) Infomercials, promotional and corporate videos					1	4 0

SOR/87-425, s. 3;
SOR/94-220, s. 5;
SOR/2000-237, ss. 5, 6;
SOR/2011-117, s. 1.

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