"They have a commercial mandate and a social mandate, and those two are not compatible," said Mamoun Tazi, an analyst at MF Global Securities in London.
(While BBC does not have a commercial mandate, BBC Worldwide, which creates and distributes content internationally and on new platforms, does).
Nonetheless, the fact that academic researchers follow, at least in part, a commercial path mandates full transparency.
Last year, the ministry of communications and the public authority governing commercial broadcasters mandated that the arrangement be terminated, so that the one big channel would become two smaller ones.
The FMCSA has published statutory regulations for commercial drivers, mandating a medical examination at least every 2 years, and more frequently for drivers with specific medical conditions that require more frequent follow-up.
In its recommendations, it was suggested that AECL has two concurrent mandates: commercial goals involving the selling and servicing of reactors, and R&D with regards to projects and technology.
But it's difficult to pick out a distinctive voice amid the loud music and equally blaring commercial imperatives that mandate that even the sharpest political jabs be delivered with smiles.
Second, the Board is recommending that Transport Canada work with industry to develop age and size appropriate child restraint systems for infants and young children travelling on commercial aircraft and mandate their use to provide an equivalent level of safety compared to adults.
Considering the different mandates of commercial and nonprofit subsidized theaters, Broadway collaborations are inevitably going to be tugged this way and that.
The club mandates minimal commercial interruption, currently limited to four minutes per hour (as opposed to the usual 12 or more); this is subsidized by selling exclusive sponsorship packages to three companies as of 2013, these "global sponsors" were IBM, ExxonMobil and AT&T.
