AMI-télé is a

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, French-language

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owned by the non-profit organization Accessible Media Inc. (AMI). AMI-télé is a French version of AMI's English-language service

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, and broadcasts a selection of general entertainment programming with accommodations for those who are visually or

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, consisting of

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on the primary audio track and

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available across all of its programming. The channel also broadcasts series on accessibility- and disability-related topics. AMI-télé is licensed by the

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(CRTC) as a Category A "

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" service; it must be carried on the lowest level of service by all licensed digital cable,

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, and

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providers in Canada.

History

In January 2013, when the CRTC opened a new round of applications for must-carry channels, AMI submitted an application for a

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sister channel of AMI-TV known as AMI-TV Français, which would have a similar format to its English-language counterpart. AMI justified the need for the channel by noting that the three provinces which host the majority of Canada's

francophone French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the l ...

population—

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, and

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—had above-average levels of vision loss and other vision-related conditions. On August 8, 2013, the CRTC approved the application; the CRTC recognized that given the impact of AMI-tv's English service, a French service would have an equivalent impact on Canada's francophone community. The service launched on December 16, 2014 as AMI-télé in both SD and HD.

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