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Indeed, in the entire Maleflixxx daily broadcast schedule, the only obviously Canadian title on Thursday’s line-up was “Men of Ottawa” (no description available). Yet it was broadcast at 3pm, hardly prime time for Maleflixxx viewership, given that busy professionals — such as journalists — are then expected to be at their cubicles, in full view of colleagues.

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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 to National 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.”