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Under Five's Ofcom public service broadcasting licence, Desmond has no obligation to broadcast children's programmes, so some had feared Milkshake could be axed as Desmond seeks cost savings of £20m and makes up to 80 job cuts – more than 25% of Five's staff.
The CRTC riposted that "holding a broadcasting licence is a privilege" and that broadcasters had a "duty to inform the public of imminent perils".
Digital radio ensemble operators and stations need a broadcasting licence from the UK's media regulator Ofcom to broadcast.
That would go against the terms of its broadcasting licence.
The only consensus has been on broadcasting licence fees.
The defence ministry, meanwhile, lodged an official request for Geo's broadcasting licence to be revoked.
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Broadcasting licences can get cancelled.
But it does restrict how many broadcasting licences a company can own.
Meanwhile Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, is obliged to consider whether the holders of broadcasting licences are "fit and proper".
Defenders of the law say that, whatever its flaws, it is better than the status quo in which broadcasting licences were at the discretion of the government.
Under the Broadcasting Act 1990, Ofcom, the media regulator, also has an ongoing duty to ensure holders of broadcasting licences pass a "fit and proper" test.
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