Not enough Canadians in Canadian pr0n

Canadian adult channels are not airing enough local made content. [Link]

For failing to broadcast sufficient levels of Canadian-made pornography — and failing to close-caption said pornography properly — a trio of Toronto-based erotica channels has earned a reprimand from the Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission.

Wednesday, the CRTC issued a broadcast notice saying AOV Adult Movie Channel, XXX Action Clips and the gay-oriented Maleflixxx were all failing to reach the required 35% threshold for Canadian content.

Based on a 24-hour broadcast schedule, that translates to about 8.5 hours of Canadian erotica a day.

The notice was issued as a result of Channel Zero’s efforts to renew licences for all three erotica channels. The regulator will review the “instances of apparent non-compliance” at an April 28 hearing in Gatineau, Que.

The channels’ parent company, Toronto-based Channel Zero, did not respond toNational Post requests for comment.

In previous filings to the CRTC, however, the company has claimed its deficit of Canadian erotica was simply a clerical error.

In a 2012 note to regulators, Jennifer Chen, a Channel Zero vice-president, wrote, “The non-compliance is a result of an error, on our part.”

Admittedly, Channel Zero had only been missing the CanCon threshold by minutes of erotica a day.

“The programming strategy has been adjusted accordingly in light of this information,” wrote Ms. Chen.

CRTC regulators also reprimanded Channel Zero for failing to provide sufficient close-captioning.

In 2012, Channel Zero replied, “We appreciate and respect the importance of providing closed captioning for our viewers, as a means of making our programming accessible to the hearing impaired.”

Under standard CRTC policy, Canadian channels must also cater to the blind by offering “Audio Description,” a service in which narrators describe “graphics that appear on the screen.”

When previously pressed on this point by regulators, Channel Zero replied, “We currently do not air any programming that would require Audio Description.”