In its approval, the CRTC felt that the service's business model was financially unsustainable, as there were no significant plans for new original programming beyond newscasts, and that Rogers did not sufficiently demonstrate that the service would "ensure a sufficient reflection of Canada's third-language communities", as its structure does not sufficiently serve regions not currently served by an Omni station (such as Atlantic and Central Canada). As such, the CRTC recognized that there was " exceptional need for a national, multilingual multi-ethnic programming service that can provide Canadians with news and current events programming in multiple languages from a Canadian perspective", and made a formal call for a national, multicultural specialty channel that would receive must-carry status. In the meantime, the CRTC granted a three-year, provisional must-carry status to Omni Regional.