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In June 1994, the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) licensed a series of new Canadian specialty television channels; among the ones whose licence was granted was '''The Country Network''', whose programming provisions required it to primarily feature country [[music video]]s (a minimum of 90%). The licence was granted to a partnership between [[Maclean-Hunter]] (which owned 60% majority control) and [[Rawlco Communications]] (which owned the remaining 40%).<ref name="Original Decision">{{cite web|title=Decision CRTC 94-284|publisher=CRTC|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/DB94-284.HTM|date=1994-06-06|access-date=January 19, 2009|archive-date=June 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607165937/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/DB94-284.HTM|url-status=live}}</ref>
At this time, the CRTC had a policy that if a Canadian specialty service was licensed and that service's format was competitive with a foreign service's format that was licensed to operate in Canada, the foreign service could be dropped from the list of channels eligible for cable carriage in Canada.<ref name="Original Decision"/> Due to Country Music Television's competitive format, the CRTC terminated CMT's eligibility rights in Canada as a foreign service on June 6, 1994.<ref name="Inc.1994">{{cite
In March 1994, one year before the channel's launch, Maclean-Hunter had been purchased by [[Rogers Communications]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/09/business/the-media-business-canadian-media-giants-to-merge.html?src=pm THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Canadian Media Giants to Merge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307031258/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/09/business/the-media-business-canadian-media-giants-to-merge.html?src=pm |date=March 7, 2016 }} The New York Times 1994-03-09</ref>
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In 2016, as part of the removal of the genre protection rules, CMT was migrated to the CRTC's new standard conditions of license for discretionary services; these changes removed the requirement for CMT to air any music programming at all. Corus stated in its description of service for CMT that it would be devoted to [[comedy]] and reality programming, films, and "one of a kind music programming". Despite the changes, Corus must still invest at least 11% of CMT's annual gross revenue to fund the production of Canadian music videos, but they no longer necessarily have to be for country music videos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2016/2016-39.htm|title=Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-39|publisher=CRTC|access-date=August 20, 2017|archive-date=July 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712192120/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2016/2016-39.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
These programming changes took effect on August 28, 2017, when CMT dropped all country music video programming from its schedule. The change in programming was widely criticized by stakeholders in Canada's country music industry, due to the loss of what had been a major promotional platform for Canadian performers; Corus stated that it would still promote Canadian country music through its other platforms (including its country music [[Corus Radio|radio stations]] and some [[Global Television Network|Global]] programming).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2017/08/23/cmt-giving-boot-country-music|title=CMT Is Giving The Boot To Country Music|date=2017-08-23|work=FYIMusicNews|access-date=2017-08-30|language=en|archive-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830234704/http://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2017/08/23/cmt-giving-boot-country-music|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite
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