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Decision

Ottawa, 26 October 1995
Decision CRTC 95-777
Tancook Island Television System Limited
Blandford, Blue Rocks and surrounding area, Nova Scotia - 941153900
Licence renewal
Following Public Notice CRTC 1995-10 dated 20 January 1995 and Decision CRTC 95-632 dated 28 August 1995, the Commission renews the broadcasting licence held by Tancook Island Television System Limited for the radiocommunication distribution undertaking serving the above-noted communities, from 1 January 1996 to 31 August 2002, subject to the conditions in effect under the current licence, as well as to those conditions specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.
The licensee is authorized to distribute, in encrypted mode, the following programming services:
CHANNEL/ POWER/
SOURCE CANAL PUISSANCE
CHCH-TV (IND) Hamilton 81 20
CITV-TV (IND) Edmonton 52 20
WTOL-TV (CBS) Toledo, Ohio 15 20
WXYZ-TV (ABC) Detroit, Michigan 65 20
WTVS (PBS) Detroit 56 20
WDIV (NBC) Detroit 66 20
Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) 68 20
Cable Parliamentary Channel Inc. (CPAC) 62 20
The Commission notes that the licensee had proposed to continue to distribute WJBK-TV Detroit, Michigan. However, this station has been replaced, as a CBS affiliate, by WTOL-TV (CBS) Toledo, Ohio, on the "Revised Lists of Eligible Satellite Services" (Public Notice CRTC 1995-8).
In order not to jeopardize the financial viability of neighbouring subscription-based systems, it is a condition of licence that the licensee shall not solicit or accept a subscription from, or make available equipment to decode its signals for use by, any person resident inside or outside of the area encompassed by the contours approved for the licensee by the Commission, when that person is resident
a) within the authorized service area of any cable distribution undertaking licensed now or in the future, or
b) within the area encompassed by the contours approved by the Commission for any other subscription-based broadcasting undertaking licensed now or in the future,
unless the prior written consent of the licensee of the other undertaking or the prior approval of the Commission has been obtained or, in the case of a person residing inside the approved contours, that person had subscribed to the licensee's subscription television service prior to the licensing of the other undertaking.
In Public Notice CRTC 1992-59 dated 1 September 1992 and entitled "Implementation of an Employment Equity Policy", the Commission announced that the employment equity practices of broadcasters would be subject to examination by the Commission. In this regard, the Commission encourages the licensee to consider employment equity issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its management of human resources.
The Commission acknowledges the three interventions submitted in opposition to this application and is satisfied with the licensee's reply thereto.
Allan J. Darling
Secretary General

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